Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 08:58:26 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Nick Hibma <hibma@skylink.it> Subject: Re: Support for USB floppies like Y-E Data FlashBuster-u ? Message-ID: <38317F22.D6C9DBF9@softweyr.com> References: <52073.942744346@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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Sheldon Hearn wrote:
>
> On Mon, 15 Nov 1999 15:56:21 +0100, Nick Hibma wrote:
>
> > If you ask the 3 IDE disks and ethernet hub that have gone pop this
> > weekend, they would say no, but myself I was pretty firm that I was
> > going to do something about it this weekend. Bastard things, they should
> > be shot and they will be.
>
> Be careful about shooting hard drives. Specifically, get your angle
> right such that you _do_ actually fracture the casing. The alternatives
> are all unfortunate and mostly painful.
>
> We wouldn't want you hurting yourself, no matter how funny the story
> might be. :-)
Most hard drives are made of aluminum, aren't they? Aluminum doesn't
deflect bullets, at least not the kind I shoot. ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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