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Disk Drives Explained

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the stuff-to-read dept.

CowboyRobot writes "Magnetic disk drives are one of those things I usually take for granted without thinking about, but I recently realized how little I understood about how they really work. ACM Queue has an article from their 'Storage' issue titled, 'You Don't Know Jack About Disks', which does a very good job of explaining exactly how magnetic disks have evolved since the 70s and how they work today."

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  1. Funniest /.'ed message by Bob+Wehadababyitsabo · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Fatal error: Call to undefined function: message_die() in db/db.php on line 88"

    So... anybody got a mirror?

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    1. Re:Funniest /.'ed message by AsnFkr · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Fatal error: Call to undefined function: message_die() in db/db.php on line 88"

      Yea, that is exactly how hard disks *don't* work.

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    2. Re:Funniest /.'ed message by AyeRoxor! · · Score: 2, Funny

      I, too, find that message rather suspect. If message_die is an undefined function, then clearly it was placed in the code by a sabateur. A cracker? Or was it the webmaster himself, falling on his slashdot-induced sword?

      Or is it a message from the future?

      Man, I can't wait for T4.

  2. Re:Nintendo Gamecube by carpe_noctem · · Score: 2, Funny

    I love people that start their posts out with "Wrong!". I was instantly convinced!

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  3. Re:Magentic disk drives are bad for environment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wow, is this true, or the usual net conspiracy thoery?

    The only reason the parent was modded "Insightful" was that he spelled Congo with a 'K'.
    Remember, alternate spellings always mean that the writer knows the 'real' story.

  4. Well... by mraymer · · Score: 4, Funny
    I think acmqueue.org just learned something new about hard disks. Namely, that they turn into a pile of warm liquid goo after a severe slashdotting...

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  5. Aha! by bythescruff · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fatal error: Call to undefined function: message_die() in db/db.php on line 88

    Yup, my hard drive did that a few weeks ago...

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  6. Re:Nintendo Gamecube by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Spins the CD from the "outside" to the "inside" eh? Yeah, why don't you just think about that for a few minutes..