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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!"
"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.
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*
I guess they could have used a more defensive tool to withstand the inevitable slashdotting...
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Slashdotted already.. Probably had one of those 2 gig drives in it, and filled it full of apache logs.
OK, you know that some guys private webspace on his dsl connected linux server is going to be slashdotted within seconds.
So why not actually put SOMETHING in the submission that describes, in some way, WHAT THE SITE IS ABOUT?
"Check out what this crazy guy did with his computer!!!11!!!!11ROFLOL!"
It's an absolute waste of everyones time. Why even put shit like that on the front page?
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
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.
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...
Official GOD FAQ.
kicks-ass.net is a free subdomain from dyndns.org - bet he's having some surfing issues right about now...
kicks-ass.net is a domain one of the free dynamic DNS places use. It's probably hosted on someones DSL... :P
You may have a hard drive assault cannon, but your web server crumbles before the /. assault cannon!
--- Where's my car, and why are these grass stains on my pants?
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.
"Mommy, why did the RJ-45 face plate burst out of the wall in a show of sparks?"
This one gang kept wanting me to join cause I'm pretty good with a bo staff.
(104):tim@pigeon:{11:45}:~# host hddcannon.kicks-ass.net
hddcannon.kicks-ass.net has address 202.0.40.113
(105):tim@pigeon:{11:45}:~# host 202.0.40.113 113.40.0.202.IN-ADDR.ARPA domain name pointer 202-0-40-113.adsl.paradise.net.nz
(106):tim@pigeon:{11:45}:~#
Poor bastard. Wonder if New Zealand ISPs have hidden clauses in the AUP to axe your account if you use too much bandwidth?
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
What are all the other New Zealanders doing while he's using the internet connection?
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Jesus loves you, I think you suck
Either their site was really horrible, or we are just getting better at /.ing!
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.
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
You don't want to know. It involves sheep and petroleum products.
Hrm, I went to http://hddcannon.ass-kicked.net/ and got the same result.
What are all the other New Zealanders doing while he's using the internet connection?
Working on Peter Jackson's The Hobbit
Mother, do you think they'll like this sig?
After all I'm still using a laptop with a 1.2 GB disk. Precious disk space!
Could slashdot just add a link next to articles called "mirror" and pre-cache these smaller sites *before* they get hammered? I'm constantly scrolling through comments to find mirrors to slashdotted sites. Seems like a no-brainer. You could even do a 15-sec stress test on the site to determine it's ability to be directly linked.
Several times, i've seen sites that have had to shut down their site with a "please check back later" message. An inconvenience to us, but surely a REAL inconvenience to their normal viewers.
Thoughts? Thank you.
I prefer to disassemble old HDs. The voice coils and spindle motors tend to contain insanely strong rare earth magnets. And the platters make pleasant wind chimes (especialy if you have a mix of 3.5", 5", and 8" platters). I suppose one could also get a few bucks from the cast aluminum anclosures.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.
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.
--JoeProgram Intellivision!
Yeah they either shut off their webserver or they got kicked off that IP address due to the flood and some other poor bastard was assigned it. If this is the case then I really pity that guy.
(109):tim@pigeon:{11:49}:~# telnet 202.0.40.113 80
Trying 202.0.40.113...
telnet: connect to address 202.0.40.113: Connection refused
(110):tim@pigeon:{11:49}:~#
Again I say this was a publicity stunt (look at the e-mail address from the "Anonymous Coward" that submitted the article). Guess it's a slow news day and we need something to occupy our time with -- (Deity) knows we wouldn't be actually working on company time now would we? ;) (myself as guilty as the rest of you)
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
Um, I think the word you are thinking if is frell not fark. www.fark.com is a news/link farm site like Slashdot.
If a site is Slashdotted before you have a chance to see it, does it even exist?
I'm in the hole of the broadband donut.
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> 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.
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>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.
I find HDD mechanical hacks to be intriguing. I have often thought it would be cool to make RC cars out of old Hard Drives and have races.
Mechanically, the hack would be pretty straightforward: To to drive the wheels, attach a worm gear to the disk shaft. To operate the steering, utilize the arm that guides the disk head.
I am not sure, however, how to interface with an RC transmitter. Any ideas?
It's not out of small-mindedness or forgetfulness after all. Hrm... maybe we should cut the editors a small break once in a while? Nah, 'twould spoil the fun! :)
O'course, why a google cache couldn't be erected is another story...
Any generalization is a stupid one.
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.
heed the .sig...
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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.
"...always new atoms but always doing the same dance, remembering what the dance was yesterday." -Richard Feynman
The Slashdot FAQ is an interesting read.
I recommend it to all those reading this post, especially those who moderated this post as Insightful.
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..
It's called Slashdot, and it worked again. ;)
I worked at a DoD site once. If we were in danger of being overrun by the enemy (since it was in Hawaii, I guess that'd be either the North Koreans, China, or the Japanese out for a little payback), we were supposed to haul the crypto gear and all storage media out to the parking lot, smack the hell out of it with sledges, pile thermite on top and melt it into slag. I was sorely disappointed that I never got the opportunity.
Sigh...
Is it fascism yet?
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?)