Hard disks aren't sealed, there's always (at least, on the dozens of disks I've taken apart) a little felt-pad or sticker covered vent on them. I figured it was for equalisation or something crazy, but I'm not positive.
Given hard disks aren't sealed, wouldn't they fill with fluid and assuming they'd still function with a liquid screwing up the head mechanism (given modern disk's head's float above the platter surface on a cushion of air) wouldn't the increased viscosity slow down seek events?
My wifes cousin switched from local 33.6k dialup to DirecWay satellite service some months ago, and while I can't speak for any other install of DirecWay, her connection is just utter shite.
Marginally faster than 56k dialup (And I do mean marginally), overall I thought it was a rather embaressing example of an internet service daring to suggest it might be broadband or "High Speed".
One might note, to those not famaliar with Peter Jackson or Weta FX, that Weta is Peter Jacksons company.
Weta was established to do the CG for Heavenly Creatures, arguably Jackson's first non-low-budget gore movie. Next was The Frighteners, which heavily used CG and Weta was awarded for its skills.
Anyway. I kinda know coming from NZ and having Weta FX (and for that matter, Jackson) 5 minutes down the road.
I'd certainly like to comment about SkyLab - although noting someone else has made the comment, I feel more should be said.
It's wonderfully arrogant to make fun of something that not only lasted three times longer than it was projected to because your country can afford better - but then to happily forget your attempt at a space station was a complete embaressment?
Mir falling into the Pacific?
How about SkyLab screwing up, the evac of Astronauts and then falling out of the sky and landing ON Australia (in fact, missing a pub by 25').
When America can do it, they can comment. Until then, buck up.
Kope has the author in one, evidentally he's not so quick on the mental draw.
It's cheaper than a NetApp device? Ya, bar the fact it doesn't do RAID, journalling, NVRAM guaranteed writes, scale up to 12 odd Terabytes, oh, heh, and the NetApp has a 400Mhz Alpha processor that's faster in most regimes than any Pentium III....
Gee, I sure want one for my storage solution.
You can _tell_ he was affiliated with Microsoft at one time or another, he's got visions of grandeur - next thing they'll be thinking Win2k is a server Enterprise OS! Oh, hang on...
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I bet we can do a lot better than these rank amateurs. Rally, Slashdot!
Hard disks aren't sealed, there's always (at least, on the dozens of disks I've taken apart) a little felt-pad or sticker covered vent on them. I figured it was for equalisation or something crazy, but I'm not positive.
Given hard disks aren't sealed, wouldn't they fill with fluid and assuming they'd still function with a liquid screwing up the head mechanism (given modern disk's head's float above the platter surface on a cushion of air) wouldn't the increased viscosity slow down seek events?
Greetings;
My wifes cousin switched from local 33.6k dialup to DirecWay satellite service some months ago, and while I can't speak for any other install of DirecWay, her connection is just utter shite.
Marginally faster than 56k dialup (And I do mean marginally), overall I thought it was a rather embaressing example of an internet service daring to suggest it might be broadband or "High Speed".
As usual, your mileage may vary;
One might note, to those not famaliar with Peter Jackson or Weta FX, that Weta is Peter Jacksons company.
Weta was established to do the CG for Heavenly Creatures, arguably Jackson's first non-low-budget gore movie. Next was The Frighteners, which heavily used CG and Weta was awarded for its skills.
Anyway. I kinda know coming from NZ and having Weta FX (and for that matter, Jackson) 5 minutes down the road.
JP
I'd certainly like to comment about SkyLab - although noting someone else has made the comment, I feel more should be said.
It's wonderfully arrogant to make fun of something that not only lasted three times longer than it was projected to because your country can afford better - but then to happily forget your attempt at a space station was a complete embaressment?
Mir falling into the Pacific?
How about SkyLab screwing up, the evac of Astronauts and then falling out of the sky and landing ON Australia (in fact, missing a pub by 25').
When America can do it, they can comment. Until then, buck up.
(And no, I'm not Russian in the slightest.)
It's cheaper than a NetApp device? Ya, bar the fact it doesn't do RAID, journalling, NVRAM guaranteed writes, scale up to 12 odd Terabytes, oh, heh, and the NetApp has a 400Mhz Alpha processor that's faster in most regimes than any Pentium III....
Gee, I sure want one for my storage solution.
You can _tell_ he was affiliated with Microsoft at one time or another, he's got visions of grandeur - next thing they'll be thinking Win2k is a server Enterprise OS! Oh, hang on...
-- Some dork