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>> About the only thing that can go wrong with a tray-load drive is if the
>> disk isn't sitting in it properly, and it gets mashed when the tray
>> tries to shut. USUALLY the servo system notices this and stops trying to
>> shut the door. Depending on how cheap the drive is...
>>
>
> Or the drive fails to stop the disk before ejecting it and it's still
> rotating when the tray comes out. You would be surprised how fast the
> disc leaves the tray from even a small bump...
I have never seen any drive, ever, do this. Not even lame laptop drives.
(I do, however, have a very old portable CD player. You stop the disk by
opening the lid...)
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Eero Ahonen wrote:
> Well yes. I guess they've been standard since the 70's.
FWIW, they were required on cars starting in '62 or '64 or so in the USA.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Forget "focus follows mouse." When do
I get "focus follows gaze"?
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"Darren New" <dne### [at] san rrcom> wrote in message
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> Eero Ahonen wrote:
> > Well yes. I guess they've been standard since the 70's.
> FWIW, they were required on cars starting in '62 or '64 or
so in the USA.
I didn't remember when, so I looked it up:
Most seat belt legislation in the United States is left to
the states. However, the first seat belt law was a federal
law which took effect on January 1, 1968 that required all
vehicles (except buses) to be fitted with seat belts in all
designated seating positions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_legislation_in_the_United_States
~db
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DungBeatle <dun### [at] moscowcom> wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_legislation_in_the_United_States
Is there anything for which there isn't an article at wikipedia?
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- Warp
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"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
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> DungBeatle <dun### [at] moscowcom> wrote:
> >
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_legislation_in_the_United_States
>
> Is there anything for which there isn't an article at
wikipedia?
Doesn't seem to have anything about DungBeatle... :)
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DungBeatle <dun### [at] moscowcom> wrote:
> "Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
> news:4b6ca9e1@news.povray.org...
> > DungBeatle <dun### [at] moscowcom> wrote:
> > >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_legislation_in_the_United_States
> >
> > Is there anything for which there isn't an article at
> wikipedia?
> Doesn't seem to have anything about DungBeatle... :)
Close enough: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dung_beetle
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"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
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> DungBeatle <dun### [at] moscowcom> wrote:
> > "Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
> > news:4b6ca9e1@news.povray.org...
> > > DungBeatle <dun### [at] moscowcom> wrote:
> >
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_legislation_in_the_United_States
> > > Is there anything for which there isn't an article at
> > wikipedia?
> > Doesn't seem to have anything about DungBeatle... :)
>
> Close enough: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dung_beetle
Not at all clsoe enough! :)
DungBeatle, like the crappy Beatle...
Remember them? The Beatles?
Maybe not...
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"DungBeatle" <dun### [at] moscowcom> wrote in message
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> "Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
> news:4b6cb1fa@news.povray.org...
> > DungBeatle <dun### [at] moscowcom> wrote:
> > > "Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
> > > news:4b6ca9e1@news.povray.org...
> > > > DungBeatle <dun### [at] moscowcom> wrote:
> > >
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt_legislation_in_the_United_States
> > > > Is there anything for which there isn't an article at
> > > wikipedia?
> > > Doesn't seem to have anything about DungBeatle... :)
> >
> > Close enough: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dung_beetle
>
> Not at all clsoe enough! :)
clsoe?
try "close"
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> I have never seen any drive, ever, do this. Not even lame laptop drives.
And I've seen 2 tray drives do this. It's rare, but hazard.
-Aero
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Bill Pragnell wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aolDOTcom> wrote:
>> Bill Pragnell wrote:
>>
>>> Ah, I dunno
>>>
>> Give in?
> [snip]
>> I have dined out on that story for years :-)
>
> Excellent story. I take it the test wouldn't otherwise have been that short,
> just ended up that way as a result of your initiative?
>
>
hours, subjectively. That test was over before we had driven to where
the testing normally takes place. I really thought that I had failed it
before it had started.
I also missed out, to improve the story, that I had been riding a
motorbike for about five years and driving a car illegally without a
licence for a year. I was also brought up in a fire station so I had no
fear of fire engines.
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Best Regards,
Stephen
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