now there's a good head crash

From: Bob Shannon <bshannon_at_tiac.net>
Date: Wed Oct 6 20:38:39 2004

Did you happen to know...

A crappy PC laptop will stop the slug from a .45 automatic cold?

Its kinda impressive how well layers of ultra-thin sheet metal, G10 and
plastic
hold up.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Jennings" <tomj_at_wps.com>
To: <julesrichardsonuk_at_yahoo.co.uk>; "General Discussion: On-Topic and
Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 2:27 PM
Subject: now there's a good head crash


> On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Jules Richardson wrote:
>
> > Modern head crashes are boring though. It's no good unless platters
> > physically explode :-) If only they could catch fire, too. There just
> > aren't enough modern-day computing war stories around...
>
> DAMN RIGHT! Crappy PC/Mac hardware with stupid power cubes! At
> least CRTs can give you a shock, these wimpy laptop things
> barely hurt when used as bludgeons.
Received on Wed Oct 06 2004 - 20:38:39 BST