My friend Ben had one of the infamous Deathstars; he had to pay shipping to IBM after it died, and the replacement died within one month, and the next replacement within two months, and the next replacement within two months, and he had to pay shipping and go without a hard disk each time. I think his fourth or fifth Deathstar finally lasted him a decent little while, or he got another disk.
Anyway, if IBM thinks that's acceptable, I won't ever be buying one of its disks.
I remember that Russian nuclear submarines used to use liquid metal instead of water to cool their reactors which was a really bad idea because the metal would become much more radioactive than water and because the metal could cool and solidify, causing a clog.
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My friend Ben had one of the infamous Deathstars; he had to pay shipping to IBM after it died, and the replacement died within one month, and the next replacement within two months, and the next replacement within two months, and he had to pay shipping and go without a hard disk each time. I think his fourth or fifth Deathstar finally lasted him a decent little while, or he got another disk.
Anyway, if IBM thinks that's acceptable, I won't ever be buying one of its disks.
> Anybody with a PIN number goes to an ATM machine. Some of them have LCD Displays Do any of them have NIC cards?
We abhor the destruction of innocent hard-drive life through hard-drive death on demand. We implore you to outlaw hard-drive abortions.
I remember that Russian nuclear submarines used to use liquid metal instead of water to cool their reactors which was a really bad idea because the metal would become much more radioactive than water and because the metal could cool and solidify, causing a clog.