Re: The moment the willing suspension of disbelief died


Mike Van Pelt wrote:
> In article <6uecnQ7gArT1HsTeUSdV9g@xxxxxxx>,
> John Bauman <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Well, hard drives have additional metal around them that the rest of the
> >electronics don't (at least a metal lid, if nothing else). The electronics
> >in them are also probably made with a larger process then the CPU and RAM
> >(though I'm not certain of that). Of course, what with the magnetic media
> >and all, there still could easily be a problem. I guess that means that this
> >is now very unlikely instead of utterly implausible.
>
> It'd be more plausible if the guy also found an identical hard
> drive and had to swap the external circuit board on the drive.
> I don't think EMP is going to necessarily have such a huge
> effect on the magnetic media itself, but all electronics is at
> risk. The electronics inside the closed metal disk drive case
> would be at somewhat less risk.

Given who these guys are, I imagine they have the hard drive circuit
board unscrewed and held by duct tape for an easy swap in this very
situation.

Not quite the same thing but I own a bicycle lamp where replacing
batteries requires a screwdriver to remove a bolt. I decided "Never
mind that", so duct tape it is, one piece each side, with a
quick-release pull tab. Works fine. Sticks when I need it to stick,
unsticks when that's what I need.

.

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