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Fatwah on Western Digital
I thought it was sufficiently random.
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- Thread starter ddrueding
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timwhit
Hairy Aussie
What's the tool?
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Stereodude
Not really a
My coworker and I stumbled across this website earlier today. We of course shared it with another coworker. The damage... About $50 per person. :rotfl:
What are magnets used for in your job?
ddrueding
Fixture
Magnets are like lasers....fun until someone loses something 
Stereodude
Not really a
Entertainment??? :idea:
Stereodude
Not really a
That's why we didn't get anything with a several hundred pound force rating. :rofl:Magnets are like lasers....fun until someone loses something
Although those would probably be the most entertaining. Not withstanding the extreme cost, dropping one of these on the roof of someone's car (who you don't care for) would be good for a lot of laughs.
ddrueding
Fixture
That is awesome. I wonder if they need to take any special precautions to ship these things? Put them in a cardboard construction large enough that the field strength outside the box is reasonable? Special labeling?
Edit: Though if you are going to ruin something that expensive, you may as well go all out (1700 lbs of force)
Put it on the hood and see what happens to the motor.
Stereodude
Not really a
I suspect they ship them in a box with a lot of padding around them so they're not close enough to the edge of the box to say attach to the floor of the UPS truck and stay there permanently.That is awesome. I wonder if they need to take any special precautions to ship these things? Put them in a cardboard construction large enough that the field strength outside the box is reasonable? Special labeling?
Edit: Though if you are going to ruin something that expensive, you may as well go all out (1700 lbs of force)
Put it on the hood and see what happens to the motor.
I know it has more force, but it's also thicker. 800+ lbs of force should do the job, plus it's thinner so there's less to grab a hold of to aid in removal. That's why I'd use that over something like a 3" disc that's 3" thick.
I'm not sure if a magnet like that on the hood would really affect the motor. Magnetism falls off pretty quickly with distance.
FWIW, the strongest magnet we all had to order was this 1" cube. :bomb:
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Fatwah on Western Digital
When I was a little kid, I found something the size and rough shape of a shotgun shell in my dad's office. It was some kind of rare Earth magnet. I found that out because, as I was rolling it over his wooden desk, I got a wee bit too close to a steel file cabinet and the magnet made the rest of the trip by itself, pinching the crap out of my fingers in the process. I spent a whole afternoon trying to get it unstuck.
Stereodude
Not really a
Slide it off the edge of the file cabinet?
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Rolling it off seemed like cheating. I wanted to pry it off.
mubs
Storage? I am Storage!
When I was a kid, these things fascinated me, but I wouldn't know what to do with one today. Especially these ultra-powerful ones. How will you play with them, SD?
ddrueding
Fixture
Levitation was always my favorite. Particularly if you had enough to build a maglev track of sorts.
Stereodude
Not really a
Uh... I haven't thought that far ahead.
Probably play pranks on people with them. Use some as super strong refrigerator magnets. I'm sure I will find some uses.
ddrueding
Fixture
Uh... I haven't thought that far ahead.
Probably play pranks on people with them. Use some as super strong refrigerator magnets. I'm sure I will find some uses.
I bet that 1" cube will hold a book to a refrigerator.
ddrueding
Fixture
Stereodude
Not really a
1st, Let me fix your eye chart.
2nd, let me ask what sort of internet connection that is?
ddrueding
Fixture
That is the backbone of one of my ISPs. I had my laptop jacked in for a while and had some fun. The link is actually good for 500/300, but apparently speedtest.net becomes unreliable at these speeds.
Stereodude
Not really a
I'd be sure to send them a note and complain.
ddrueding
Fixture
Can't blame them, I'm sure it is their hosting partners that are the bottleneck. There aren't too many OC-12s available to test against
Currently amusing myself by sending out fake package tracking info after receiving fake paypal payments from this guy:
Name :Olalekan Joe
Address:Block 161 Flat 6 Jakande Estate Oke Afa
City: Isolo
State:Lagos
Country:Nigeria
Postal code:23401
(616) 439-1706
Sergio Navarro
Name :Olalekan Joe
Address:Block 161 Flat 6 Jakande Estate Oke Afa
City: Isolo
State:Lagos
Country:Nigeria
Postal code:23401
(616) 439-1706
Sergio Navarro
Oh my!
I'm going to tell him that it takes a couple days for tracking numbers to show up in the shipping system because well, they do.
And yes I'm sure this guys a total scam, the emails from PayPal don't look anything like a legitimate PayPal and PayPal spoof replied that they are not legitimate.
I'm going to tell him that it takes a couple days for tracking numbers to show up in the shipping system because well, they do.
And yes I'm sure this guys a total scam, the emails from PayPal don't look anything like a legitimate PayPal and PayPal spoof replied that they are not legitimate.
What if you ask the folks at http://www.419eater.com/? Maybe they can help you with this.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
This American Life had an awesome segment on 419 Scam baiting. Well worth the listen if you have 20 minutes.
TAL has some really good stuff but I'm not a regular listener, not enough time.
I posted over there.
http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1861716#1861716
I posted over there.
http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1861716#1861716
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Fatwah on Western Digital
I finally caught up, having listened to every episode from #1 up to the most current one, as of a few weeks ago. I was listening to them on my walks. Now I'm using a podcast downloader to grab stuff like the Savage Lovecast and APM's Marketplace and I listen to that stuff instead.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
You know that new job I started back in April? Well, the president announced us today that he has decided to retire and he'll sell the company in parts starting now. I haven't finished the project I 've been hired for so I very much doubt I'll be considered an added value to the company. I've lost most of the customer base of my own company so I don't think I'll be able to make a living by restarting to be self-employed. Basicly, I have until the compny shuts down to find a new job or I'm done. It is the fourth time this happened to me during the past eleven years.
What a nice fucking day it's been!
What a nice fucking day it's been!
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Oh yeah and someone at the job reminded me it's Mark's birthday today. Woohoo!
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Shit. That's horrible, Coug. I hope things work out for you.
One of the reasons I stay in the crappy job I have is that in spite of everything else, it has been stable. When I was a full time contractor I would occasionally go weeks or even months without real work. I'd get on a contract and the pay would more than offset the financial concerns, but I could not handle the stress of not knowing where my next paycheck was coming from. You guys who haven't ever been there don't know how lucky you really are.
One of the reasons I stay in the crappy job I have is that in spite of everything else, it has been stable. When I was a full time contractor I would occasionally go weeks or even months without real work. I'd get on a contract and the pay would more than offset the financial concerns, but I could not handle the stress of not knowing where my next paycheck was coming from. You guys who haven't ever been there don't know how lucky you really are.
ddrueding
Fixture
That does suck for you, Coug. When I took my current full-time job it paid 50% of my average while consulting, but as Merc has mentioned, that piece of mind means a lot. Now I am tempted with other positions that pay better, but with my current position I know it is mine until I die or the company goes bankrupt (not likely). With a mortgage and a family on the way that means a lot, too.
mubs
Storage? I am Storage!
Coug, sorry to hear that. Almost ALL my jobs were like that; company doing well when I joined, then in a year or two, they go bankrupt because the top management does something stupid. One job lasted all of 3 months before the company closed down. Hang in there, you'll find something. I survived. So will you.
Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
Sorry to hear that Coug. That really sucks.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Thanks. It's comforting to know that my employment history is comparable to someone living in India
I'm SO eager to go to work this morning!Stereodude
Not really a
Aren't you jumping to conclusions here? Have you discussed this with your supervisor? Why would they automatically get rid of you when they sell the company? Especially when the task you're working on isn't finished...
Chewy509
Wotty wot wot.
Thanks. It's comforting to know that my employment history is comparable to someone living in India
Really sorry to hear, considered the new skills you've gained over the past months. Don't worry, I went through the same thing in 3 jobs in a row...
1. 3mths - left as I hadn't been paid in a month, despite promises of the owner. (Word has it the owner was investigated by the ATO (Australian Tax Office) for Tax fraud a few months later).
2. 2 yrs - company went broke due to gross mismanagement. Then found out all retirement benefits hadn't been paid in 18 mths, and ASIC (Australian Security and Investment Commission) and ATO were investigating for possible fraud due to bankruptcy claims. - I got 1 week notice!
2. 2 yrs - company disintegrated due to divorce between the owners...
3. 5 yrs - company while still doing ok, but was on thin ice due to market pressures due to competitors in the vertical market. (Left to go to Uni).