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Xx Shinwa xX writes "This guy has done what was thought to be impossible: he has opened his hard drive and installed a clear acrylic window. And it still works. I would love to try this, if I had the guts."
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This guy deserves a usefool entry.
One day I'll get around to making a window for my CDROM, so that I can see what's going on when there's no CD inside.
Virtual Betting on Facebook for non-geeks.
And it still works
For now...
"When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!" -- Cave Johnson
Where's the blue LEDs???
There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand this sig, and those that beat up people who do.
Next comes painting a swirl pattern on the platter with magnetic ink so it looks pretty when it spins.
If brevity is the soul of wit, then how does one explain Twitter?
cos when I go to the page its blank
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
I definitely remember the same. Article with lots of pictures.
You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake.
will the acrylic melt if he uses the drive in his server and posts the link to Slashdot?
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
"10g full-height MFM hard disk."
10g?
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
While it was doing this, we managed to pour lighter-fluid into the unit, and set it on fire.
And after a good slashdotting, he'll get the same effect sans lighter fluid.
Government's idea of a balanced budget: take money from the right pocket to balance...oh who am I kidding?
...IN REAL TIME!
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Microsoft will be suing for patent infringement for putting windows on hard drives.
Just for fun, a hard drive undone: http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_imag
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
I thought the inside of a hard drive was a vacuum.. am I wrong?
Only if it is by a brand that really sucks.
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
Inside your hard drive, no one can hear you scream. (Um, how'd you get inside your hard drive?)
They say the first thing to go is your penis. Well, it's either that or your brain. I forget which...
Our intern was messing around with old hard drives and decided to take off the cover of one, plug it in and let it run. It worked fine, so I touched my finger to it. It still ran, so I licked my finger and touched it. Oops. Blue Screen. I didn't think the heads were close enough to the disk to get a good read so I put some pressure behind it. Let me tell you, the noise that makes isn't nearly so annoying to the person doing it as it is to everyone else in the room. The hard drive platter now looks quite similar to an LP record's grooves. Cool. Okay, I didn't put a window on the drive. So what? This was more fun.
But why is the rum gone?
Apparently it did. Picture links are dead.
Excuse my speling.
Making The Bar Project
I don't think I would do that with my HD It just is too expensive to corrupt.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
" This drive is BRAND NEW (still in the static wrap) sitting right next to me as I type this. Personally, I think the hardest part of this whole mod was gluing (Did I spell that right? lol.) the plexi back onto the drive cover."
For you maybe, but I suspect the hardest part for most anyone else would be finding a friend stupid enough to ruin a brand new hard drive.
I suspect the hardest part for most anyone else would be finding a friend stupid enough to ruin a brand new hard drive.
Nah. They run in packs.....
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As a matter of fact, I am a lawyer. But I play an actor on TV.
I was writing a disk imaging utility for my company and I had to deal with bad sectors properly. Couldn't find a drive with bad sectors so I decided to make one. I pulled the cover off an old hard drive and hooked it up to my machine, figuring the dust would cause bad sectors soon enough.
The blasted thing ran just fine for a week.
Eventually I tried writing on the platter with a dry-erase marker while it was spinning. That didn't even kill it. But a little scratch with a screwdriver killed it dead.
You DON'T have a case with a window? you must have a small e-penis.
Honesty may be the best policy, but by process of elimination, dishonesty is the second best policy.
He installed Windows and it still worked.