 |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:38:53 +0200, Gail Shaw wrote:
> Yeah, but while it's hard to tell if someone has followed the
> instruction "Don't read my files", it's fairly easy to tell if they've
> followed the instruction to set the boot order of a particular machine..
Not if they change it temporarily just long enough to do what they intend.
Jim
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
scott wrote:
>
> Hmm, the last CD I tried to snap... wouldn't. I ended up bending it
> back and to several times until it cracked. Very different to the first
> CDs that seemed to shatter instantly if you bent them past 10 degrees.
>
DVDs tend to do that, too. If you bend them just right, you can separate
the layers without breaking the plastic.
I'll never forget one time I was pissed off at a failed burn. (Screen
saver took over, the buffer wasn't big enough to compensate; Funny,
after that I turn screen savers off when I'm burning disks) I grabbed
the disk from the tray like normal (Index finger in hole, thumb and last
finger on the edges) and squeezed hard. Stupid thing shattered, driving
a few shards into my hand ;) I learned not to take my frustrations out
on CDs in that fashion.
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
On 07-Jul-08 14:59, Invisible wrote:
>>>> Some shredders will destroy CD's BTW...
>>>
>>> I gotta get me some of that...
>>
>> Ours does CDs, it's not particularly exciting :-(
>
> True. But I do have a pile of about 40 CDs here that I need to destroy.
> I mean, I *could* just snap them in half with my bare hands... but it's
> quite painful. OK if you gotta destroy beyond two CDs, but 40? No thanks...
>
I think that microwave ovens may be a good way to destroy them. ;)
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
And lo on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:00:24 +0100, Mike Raiford
<mra### [at] hotmail com> did spake, saying:
> scott wrote:
>>>> Some shredders will destroy CD's BTW...
>>>
>>> I gotta get me some of that...
>> Ours does CDs, it's not particularly exciting :-(
>
> Mine does, and be prepared to wear safety glasses while doing it
> (especially DVDs the 2 layers really make things messy) I usually wind
> up finding shards of CD or DVD somewhere across the room after shredding.
Hmm ours has a flip down lid with the CD slot in it to prevent backwash,
also has a removable bin section you can clip on so the CD bits don't mix
with the paper which is a nice touch. I suppose the fact that the cutting
blades are about two and a half inches below the feed also helps.
--
Phil Cook
--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
And lo on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:23:15 +0100, Chambers
<ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> did spake, saying:
> Eero Ahonen wrote:
>> So... If we have 4 men, with intelligences 1, 8, 9 and 9, the average
>> is (1+8+9+9)/4=6,75, so 75% of men are more intelligent than average
>> person (who, if he existed, would be over 6 times as intelligent as the
>> dumpest one).
>
> I usually drop the outliers (top and bottom quartiles) first. That
> would leave us with (8+9)/2=8.5 average, with an even 50% split :)
Yeah or spot that for a 0-10 range the mean is 6.75 and the median is 8.5
and think 'hmm I've got some odd data need the bottom end of the range I
need to look at'. It's like the old chestnut of 4 people in a room earn
£25,000 each and in walks someone who earns that combined. The average
jumps to £40k while the median stays at £25k, which is the more accurate
figure?
--
Phil Cook
--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
