4 Feb
2006
4 Feb
'06
12:06 p.m.
On Thursday 02 February 2006 01:23 pm, Roger Merchberger wrote:
Rumor has it that Simon Fryer may have mentioned these
words:
There was some "event" out on the west coast a while back where they did just
that sort of thing, dropping computers off of the top of a building. I
remember seeing an announcement for it, don't recall if the followup video
that was promised ever materialized or not. Sounds like it might have been
fun to watch, from a safe distance, anyhow...
--
Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
On 2/2/06, Richard <legalize at
xmission.com> wrote:
Like, say, for example, ads that advertised ruggedized computers by saying
they could survive a drop from the empire state building...
Were there any? ;-) That would be a good show... I'm thinking things like oh... if you put
your wallet on top of device
X, then all your credit cards will be demagnetized. Stuff like that.
You need something with a bit of a bigger bang and/or a higher level of
danger.