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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.
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!!!!
Funny, I'm in a networking class, and the professor just got finished discussing the slashdot effect.
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.
kicks-ass.net is a free subdomain from dyndns.org - bet he's having some surfing issues right about now...
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.
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.
--= Isn't it surprising how badly I spell ?
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
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.
6. Take backup tape home
7. Profit!!
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I am a programmer. I am paid to produce syntax not grammar. Deal with it.
Hrm, I went to http://hddcannon.ass-kicked.net/ and got the same result.
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'll take the platters. They make great wind chimes.
Isn't burying it under a liposuction clinic a little extreme?
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.
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.