Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

IBM 120GXP Revisited

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the spin-up-spin-down-repeat-until-dead dept.

Andrew sent us a link to an article about the IBM 120gxp controversy. This is about the fact that the drive has been declared unfit for server use, and to back that up, IBM says you should only use it for 333 hours a month. This is a good summary of the issues and worth a read.

10 of 360 comments (clear)

  1. Early Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    This early post for Aura Lee!

    When the blackbird in the spring,
    On the willow tree,
    Sat and rocked, I heard him sing,
    Singing Aura Lee
    Aura Lee, Aura Lee,
    Maid of golden hair;
    Sunshine came along with thee,
    And swallows in the air.
    Chorus

    In thy blush the rose was born,
    Music when you spake,
    Through thine azure eye the morn,
    Sparkling seemed to break.
    Aura Lee, Aura Lee,
    Bird of crimson wing,
    Never song have sung to me,
    In that sweet spring.
    Chorus

    Aura Lee! The bird may flee,
    The willows golden hair
    Swing through winter fitfully,
    On the stormy air.
    Yet if thy blue eyes I see,
    Gloom will soon depart;
    For to me, sweet Aura Lee
    Is sunshine through the heart.
    Chorus

    When the mistletoe was green,
    Midst the winter's snows,
    Sunshine in thy face was seen,
    Kissing lips of rose.
    Aura Lee, Aura Lee,
    Take my golden ring;
    Love and light return with thee,
    And swallows with the spring.
    Chorus

    Chorus: Aura Lee, Aura Lee,
    Maid of golden hair;
    Sunshine came along with three,
    And swallows in the air.

  2. 333hr limit? by Loki_1929 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Boy, that just rings of quality; doesn't it?

    --
    -- "Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else."
  3. Butt how good is is really? by Rock+'N'+Troll · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This just sucks. It's so bad that I dunno what to say. I mean look at it - the stupidity and gayness it radiates and everybody just keeeps staring at it like the stupid Linux freaks they are. Go Microsoft!

  4. Urgent Linux news! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I would like to bring to the attention of my fellow Slashdot readers some troubling news: Linux is being used by Al Qaeda, Abu Sayyaf, and other terrorist organizations with equally cool sounding names as an affordable and powerful tool for purposes of recruitment, passing coded messages regarding planned terrorist operations, and other insidious purposes. I will attempt to show some of the more obvious proofs I have discovered to back up my arguments.

    • The presence of an Islamic calendar (cal-islam.elc) as included with the xemacs package. This calendar is likely being used for determining significant dates (such as September 11) for terrorist attacks.
    • The word "terror" is mentioned several times in the Linux kernel source code (svr4.c in the abi/svr4 directory). This file was written by Mike "Jagdis" which is an obvious Islamic reference to terrorism.
    • The phrase, "terrorist act" is actually present in drivers/char/ip2main.c.
    • There are several references to the WTC buildings, again in the Linux kernel source code (in the drivers/scsi directory).
    • The freetype code includes the file internal/tterrors.h -- an obvious reference to "international terrorism".
    • Various files in drivers/char and drivers/scsi refer to "religious disputes" and "religious issues" (likely, the issues between God fearing American christians and evil Islamic terror mongers).
    • The word "plane" (a reference to the tragic airplane hijackings of September 11th) appears in several places in the drivers/char/drm directory.
    • Various references to the words "evil", "destroy", "bomb", "warrior", and "hate" scattered in places too numerous to mention.
    • The word "hijack" appears in Documentation/kernel-docs.txt, and "hijacking" in drivers/char/ChangeLog, which is also an obvious suggestion for future attacks.
    • The file fs/jffs/intrep.c contains the phrase, "Might as well commit suicide", which is an obvious suggestion to would-be terrorists to commit suicide bombings.
    • One of the maintainers goes by the name, "Andreas Bombe", with the e-mail address, andreas.bombe@munich.netsurf.de. Obviously this is a hidden message indicating the next target for terrorist bombings is some place in Munich, Germany.
    • Take a look at the book cover of ``Professional Linux Programming'' and decide for yourself which of the 15 authors has obvious terrorist links.

    I am sure I have only scratched the surface of this disturbing conspiracy. I strongly urge the Slashdot readership to support American companies such as Microsoft who only hire patriotic American citizens and to boycott any company which is involved with Linux (as they are directly supporting terrorists). I sincerely hope the CIA or FBI can look into the actions of open source developers. People like Linus Torvalds should be taken into custody and have all assets seized.

    Act now before it is too late!


  5. Re:why not set up a /. poll to help collect data? by hungsolo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And you think a response of "I spun CowboyNeal for x hours a day" is going to give you valid data???

  6. Re:page widening is a form of terrorism by BlueUnderwear · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Maybe you can't fix a browser, but you can chose one that works ;-) Konqueror!

    --
    Say no to software patents.
  7. Re:is it me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i've been tossing the salad

  8. Konqueror is a form of terrorism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nt

  9. Re:You know when an article is good... by goodlogin · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Fucking towel waver....YOUR MESSIAH DIED!!!

    Get over it.

  10. Re:I think.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why is this a troll? 333+333 == 666 which is
    the sign of the Devil.

    Mod this as Funny, not troll.

    [ Insulting comment about moderators deleted ]