2 Feb
2006
2 Feb
'06
7:10 p.m.
Richard wrote:
Maybe we should come up with a list of computing myths
and submit them
to mythbusters? I bet the old hands around here know quite a few!
They've actually done a few. I recall the CDROM label high-speed
shatter myth. People swear by it, but they couldn't reproduce it under
normal circumstances. They did however cause me to pee my pants
laughing by "seeing what happens when they increase the RPM to 36000".
It didn't just shatter, it disintegrated :-D
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