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HDD Assault Cannon

Anonymous Coward writes "Check out what these crazy fools have done. One has to ask, exactly how much time these people have on their hands? Got a couple of old 2GB Hard drives. You too could join in on their madness. Hard Drive Assault Cannons for all!"

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  1. broken already (it's lame) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny


    "Anonymous Coward", the submitter, says "Check out what these crazy fools have done. One has to ask, exactly how much time these people have on their hands?"

    Apparently you have enough time to speak in the third person about yourself. If you're going to astroturf your website at least make sure your machine and bandwidth can handle the load, idiot.

    To those that couldn't load it: all you missed was a very slow loading gallery with 50 pictures and Quicktime movies of someone taking apart a hard disk and attaching shit to it.

    Next story, please.

    1. Re:broken already (it's lame) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I've received email on how to increase my pipe.

    2. Re:broken already (it's lame) by Hogwash+McFly · · Score: 4, Funny

      The logical thing to do with an egg is cook it and eat it, but throwing it at someone is much more fun :D

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    3. Re:broken already (it's lame) by sydb · · Score: 4, Funny

      Woe, not whoa.

      I don't mean to be a Nazi but the difference is so fundamental is must be elucidated.

      "Woe" means, in this context, distress or affliction, misfortune.

      "Whoa" (also spelled "wo", "woa" or even "who") means "slow down horsey".

      No links, 'cos my Oxford English Dictionary does not support HTTP.

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    4. Re:broken already (it's lame) by The+Ultimate+Fartkno · · Score: 5, Funny


      Yeah! You *should* build a wall out of them! And in the middle of the wall you should put one 3-gig drive instead of a 2. Then put a brightly colored sticker on the drive. Then, when your friend points to that drive and asks if it's special, you can answer...

      "No, it's not special."

      "So what is it?" he'll say.

      "All in all, it's just another gig in the wall."

      The same joke will probably work with a pile of NIC cards, but either way you're probably going to get the shit beaten out of you.

    5. Re:broken already (it's lame) by Anonymous+Custard · · Score: 5, Funny

      Then, you could use that wall with the 3 gig as a bull's eye for target practice. When you hit it, you would send it to "the great gig in the sky".

    6. Re:broken already (it's lame) by bugnuts · · Score: 5, Funny

      The OED, good book

      The plot is pretty thin. I had already guessed the ending by Chapter Q.

    7. Re:broken already (it's lame) by RailGunner · · Score: 3, Funny

      The Slashdotting of his pathetic little box is probably enough, but if we want to get really nasty we can always fark him. Not that I'm advocating piling on even more pain on this astroturfing goof.. oh wait.. yes I am.

    8. Re:broken already (it's lame) by Jackal82277 · · Score: 5, Funny

      8MB HDD - $27

      1ft long piece of PVC - $17

      A can of hair spray - $4.50

      2 idiots with a 2004 version of a potato gun - Priceless

      2 idiots getting there whole ISP DOS'ed by /. - utterly fucken priceless

    9. Re:broken already (it's lame) by LedZeplin · · Score: 3, Funny

      the zymurgist did it in most editions.

      mmm brewing beer.

  2. Sweet!! by hookedup · · Score: 4, Funny

    We have boxes of old drives that we need to get rid of here at work, but have to drill holes into them then have them melted down or buried in a landfill. This would be way more fun..

    *Emailing boss the link*

    1. Re:Sweet!! by Forge · · Score: 5, Funny

      You work for the Department Of Deffence or a related agency right?

      The DOD rules for HDD disposal.

      1. Triple Overwrite security erase.
      2. De-gauze with a powerful electro magnet.
      3. Crush drives with a cement roller.
      4. Melt fragments into slag.
      5. Bury Slag in a secure waist disposal site under a minimum of 6' of cement.

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    2. Re:Sweet!! by RetroGeek · · Score: 5, Funny

      6. Take backup tape home
      7. Profit!!

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    3. Re:Sweet!! by Infinite93 · · Score: 5, Funny
      5. Bury Slag in a secure waist disposal site under a minimum of 6' of cement.

      Isn't burying it under a liposuction clinic a little extreme?

    4. Re:Sweet!! by Metallic+Matty · · Score: 4, Funny

      Or you could do what two of my good buddies did in high school a couple of years ago. They were in a robot competition (much akin to Battlebots, but smaller.) Somehow (I wasn't part of the building process, but I did see the final product,) they mounted a hard drive platter and used it as a type of spinning buzz-saw weapon. While I was not lucky enough to see it in action, I heard it was very successful in the early rounds but broke at some point.

      Incidentally, another funny idea we once had was, we were just sitting around playing with a 1.25 floppy drive, popping a disk in and out. Somehow this lead us to replace the ejection springs so that when you popped out a disk it would fly out at a pretty good clip. Disk wars became the game of the day.

    5. Re:Sweet!! by RollingThunder · · Score: 3, Funny

      secure waist disposal site

      Is that another name for an exclusive gym?

  3. Too bad... by TopShelf · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess they could have used a more defensive tool to withstand the inevitable slashdotting...

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  4. Obvously the server got hit with one of these.. by SCSi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdotted already.. Probably had one of those 2 gig drives in it, and filled it full of apache logs.

    1. Re:Obvously the server got hit with one of these.. by crass751 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Funny, I'm in a networking class, and the professor just got finished discussing the slashdot effect.

    2. Re:Obvously the server got hit with one of these.. by iphayd · · Score: 4, Funny

      You should have posted the website of his lecture notes. :)

  5. Sigh by dolo666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So now that our laptops are going to be classified as weapons, us Geeks are even closer to being chained to the desk, sadly enough. This is not funny, because I just chewed through my posie straps last week, and managed to roam the floor above me. Now that my laptop is a deadly weapon, I guess I should go re-tie those knots and just give up.

  6. Yawn --slashdotted by VC · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can see all the cookie cutter jokes about being slashdotted already.

    Let me see.
    "must have used the webservers 2gb hdd"
    "must have back fired"
    "hard drives now replacing RAM disks"

    etc...

    1. Re:Yawn --slashdotted by Rew190 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes, and of course the only thing more predictable about the cookie cutter jokes are the the cookie cutter posts forecasting the pending cookie cutter jokes.

  7. Slashdotted - DYN-DNS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    kicks-ass.net is a free subdomain from dyndns.org - bet he's having some surfing issues right about now...

  8. slashdotted by t1nman33 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You may have a hard drive assault cannon, but your web server crumbles before the /. assault cannon!

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  9. kicks-ass.net? by nukem1999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't that one of those free redirect services that people generally use to point to their cable/DSLed home machines? He's probably so slashdotted that he can't open slashdot to see that he's been slashdotted.

  10. Re:Slashdotted already? by potus98 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Mommy, why did the RJ-45 face plate burst out of the wall in a show of sparks?"

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  11. Re:Slashdotted already? by brunson · · Score: 5, Funny


    What are all the other New Zealanders doing while he's using the internet connection?

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  12. Makes you think.... by nickochee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Either their site was really horrible, or we are just getting better at /.ing!

  13. Re:Slashdotted already? by Shakrai · · Score: 5, Funny
    What are all the other New Zealanders doing while he's using the internet connection?

    Hahahaha, that's wrong. Wrong, yet still funny :) I hear New Zeland's internet access is much improved since they upgraded the backbone to the v.92 standard.

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  14. Re:Slashdotted already? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    You don't want to know. It involves sheep and petroleum products.

  15. Alternate Site? by Like2Byte · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hrm, I went to http://hddcannon.ass-kicked.net/ and got the same result.

  16. Re:Slashdotted already? by Hogwash+McFly · · Score: 4, Funny

    What are all the other New Zealanders doing while he's using the internet connection?

    Working on Peter Jackson's The Hobbit

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  17. sick by Tiro · · Score: 4, Funny
    I think this is kind of sick.

    After all I'm still using a laptop with a 1.2 GB disk. Precious disk space!

  18. Good idea! by Mr+Z · · Score: 4, Funny
    2. De-gauze with a powerful electro magnet.

    Yes, you always want to remove the gauze from your hard-drive before destroying it. Otherwise, it might catch on fire during the melting step (#4). I'm sure Karl Freidrich appreciates the hint.

    --Joe
  19. Re:HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM by Syberghost · · Score: 3, Funny

    A better fix would be to mark all astroturf submissions "denied".

  20. Slashdot Koan by Paulrothrock · · Score: 4, Funny

    If a site is Slashdotted before you have a chance to see it, does it even exist?

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  21. Only the beginning! by StefanJ · · Score: 4, Funny
    In the near future we can look forward to:
    • 8MB USB memory stick squad support weapon
    • 300 baud modem area denial munition (land mine)
    • 12" CGA Monitor implosion bomb
    • Utility tool with sharpened 256kb SIMM blades
  22. Re:FARK IS NOT A WORD by Tackhead · · Score: 4, Funny
    > > Farked.
    >
    > Okay, this is a serious pet peeve. Fark is not a word, never was, never will be, STOP USING IT unless you want to be placed in the same category as lusers who make the Vulcan "V" sign.
    >
    >Farscape was a TV show, not "reality", and the only reason the word was "invented" was because Scifi didn't want the rating level increase that would come with characters actually properly swearing. If you're gonna swear, swear properly.

    Obvious: It's not news, IT'S FARKDOT!

    Amusing: Drew sues Farscape producers. Claims trademark infringement. Hilarity ensues.

    Unlikely: Geek submits Slashdot article about own website hosted on DSL and expects web server to remain unfarked long enough for someone to get a mirror.

    Photoshop: Theme - an HDD assault cannon, a web server, a guy who doesn't know what Fark means. Difficulty - no Baby Head on Darl McBride's body.

  23. MIRROR* by bhtooefr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine the bitching if it were a simple text-only "how-to" article.

    Hard Drive Assault Cannon HOWTO

    1 Introduction

    This HOWTO aims to show how to manufacture a hard drive assault cannon.

    2 Materials

    You will need:

    * One (1) or more hard drives, preferrably 3.5", and of unusably small capacity
    * One (1) 4.50" ID PVC pipe, length must be at least one foot
    * One (1) explosive device, any form
    * Materials for explosive device to PVC pipe interface

    3 Assembly

    Somehow attach the PVC pipe to the explosive device in such a manner that most of the force enters the PVC pipe. Insert the hard drive into the PVC pipe.

    4 Usage

    Detonate the explosive device. The hard drive should exit the pipe, and move through the air. To use again, the cannon must be reassembled (as per step 3).

    *Note: This isn't a real mirror, do not assume this is actually the mirror.

  24. I call grammar-Goodwin! by Thud457 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Whoa , that grammar-NAZI is sure giving you woe for your poor use of grammar!!!

    heed the .sig...

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  25. Re:FARK IS NOT A WORD by blincoln · · Score: 3, Funny

    Okay, this is a serious pet peeve. Fark is not a word, never was, never will be, STOP USING IT unless you want to be placed in the same category as lusers who make the Vulcan "V" sign.

    Farscape was a TV show, not "reality", and the only reason the word was "invented" was because Scifi didn't want the rating level increase that would come with characters actually properly swearing. If you're gonna swear, swear properly.

    You know, SuperBanana, there are plenty of decaffeinated brands that are just as tasty as the real thing.

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  26. Re:WHY BOTHER? by gooberguy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Who cares about the latest round of RIAA threats or MSFT hiring some goober?

    I resent that!

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  27. Re:FARK IS NOT A WORD by monkeyfinger · · Score: 4, Funny

    Okay, this is a serious pet peeve. Fark is not a word, never was, never will be, STOP USING IT unless you want to be placed in the same category as lusers who make the Vulcan "V" sign.

    Luser is not a word, never was, never will be, STOP USING IT unless.....etc...etc..

  28. We already have an HDD assault cannon... by Feanturi · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's called Slashdot, and it worked again. ;)

  29. Mine is twice as good by chiph · · Score: 3, Funny

    My hard drive cannon is twice as good because I use 4gb drives.

    None of those wimpy IDE drives, either -- I use Ultra-Wide SCSI drives (the extra circuitry makes them fly further).

    Chip H.
    (isn't one-upsmanship fun?)