More evidence that geeks could rule the world, if they ever chose to get serious about it:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=161_1233785384
Another use for your hard drive...
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Re: Another use for your hard drive...
That is way cool. Seriously... who comes up with this stuff? 
"How much are the mugs? Well the 13 large signs at eye level all say the mugs are $12.99.. so I'm gonna go with that."
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peepulll with WAY WAY too much time on their hands!!!!
hehehehehhe
but it DOES look like fun!!
hehehehehhe
but it DOES look like fun!!
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Brings a tear to the eye of my inner nerd.
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Re: Another use for your hard drive...
That was awesome. But that poor hard drive...
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If the case was open it was already toast.HarryFromMarydelDE wrote:That was awesome. But that poor hard drive...
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But was the case already opened or did they open it to make the video? Not that it matters, used hard drives are basically free these days.hobie16 wrote:If the case was open it was already toast.
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No kidding. When I worked for a data storage company, we sold 72 Gb drives with fibre channel interfaces for about $2500.HarryFromMarydelDE wrote:But was the case already opened or did they open it to make the video? Not that it matters, used hard drives are basically free these days.
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We actually recovered data off one that was disassembled to about that level.
Just removed the platters and put them in a (undamged) case.
took a while!
Just removed the platters and put them in a (undamged) case.
took a while!
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That's why the recovery companies get so much money. Backups are cheap in comparison.GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:We actually recovered data off one that was disassembled to about that level.
Just removed the platters and put them in a (undamged) case.
took a while!
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