From owner-freebsd-current Thu Oct 31 23:06:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA24241 for current-outgoing; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 23:06:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA24230 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 1996 23:06:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id RAA04341; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 17:31:42 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199611010701.RAA04341@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: 2.1.5r -> current upgrade To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 17:31:41 +1030 (CST) Cc: michaelv@MindBender.serv.net, terry@lambert.org, imp@village.org, aflundi@lundin.abq.nm.us, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, current@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <7636.846825368@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Oct 31, 96 09:16:08 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jordan K. Hubbard stands accused of saying: > > > It's not that hard, really. You just have to tilt the case slightly > > so the disks spin "down hill". That gives them the extra little bit > > of velocity you need to get the extra minute. > > This only works north of the equator, I'm afraid. In the southern > hemisphere you'll actually lose a minute by doing this. ... but you can compensate by turning your monitor upside down. > Jordan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[