If you touch your software enough does it become hardware?
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by FatherJack » January 25th, 2006, 18:49
I have just lost a drive:
KORN ( J: ) Local Disk 69.7GB
bet you can't guess what was on there.
Hey ho.
/clicks "download"
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by Hehulk » January 25th, 2006, 19:18
Have you tried putting the hard drive in the fridge in a sealed container for a half hour?
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by FatherJack » January 25th, 2006, 19:20
Strangely enough, no.
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by deject » January 25th, 2006, 19:31
different ways to utilize corn products in a wide variety of applications?
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by Hehulk » January 25th, 2006, 19:34
I heard that one from Fabyak and Friznit a while back. Apparently it really does work, some of the time.
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by Dr. kitteny berk » January 25th, 2006, 19:38
the freezer trick can in theory work for a few minutes, long enough to rescue any absolutely essential data.
won't work for 70gb of porn, the drive will heat up too much during the transfering.
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by FatherJack » January 25th, 2006, 19:39
Probably won't work now that I put a hammer through the drive and binned it.
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by friznit » January 25th, 2006, 21:07
FatherJack wrote: Probably won't work now that I put a hammer through the drive and binned it.
S'what we call a Tool, Fine Adjusting. Works too, sometimes
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by FatherJack » January 27th, 2006, 9:46
Pffft
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by Hehulk » January 27th, 2006, 17:21
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by Trousers » January 27th, 2006, 17:43
Dr. kitteny berk wrote: the freezer trick can in theory work for a few minutes, long enough to rescue any absolutely essential data.
won't work for 70gb of porn, the drive will heat up too much during the transfering.
How exactly does the "freezer trick" work?
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by Dr. kitteny berk » January 27th, 2006, 17:45
the freezer trick works using simple physics and expansion and contraction of materials due to temperature changes.
they'll probably teach it during your gcses
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by deject » January 27th, 2006, 19:19
Dr. kitteny berk wrote: the freezer trick works using simple physics and expansion and contraction of materials due to temperature changes.
they'll probably teach it during your gcses
I thought it was more cooling the circuitry that has become extremely sensitive to heat.
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by Dr. kitteny berk » January 27th, 2006, 19:39
I don't buy that one.
such an extreme temp change will fuck iffy circuits up far faster.
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by FatherJack » January 28th, 2006, 20:33
I have remedied my storage issues for now:
with a couple of 250G USB drives
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by spoodie » January 28th, 2006, 20:57
FatherJack wrote: with a couple of 250G USB drives
oooo shiny and a nice selection of lights
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by Wiggy » January 28th, 2006, 21:23
deject wrote: Dr. kitteny berk wrote: the freezer trick works using simple physics and expansion and contraction of materials due to temperature changes.
they'll probably teach it during your gcses
I thought it was more cooling the circuitry that has become extremely sensitive to heat.
I think it's because circuits work better in the cold. Better conductivity and such. That's why you can get better performance out of a CPU with a better heatsink.
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