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Feb 06, 2006 13:08

If a computer crashes in the woods, would anyone hear it fall?

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longlonglegz February 6 2006, 02:41:29 UTC

The person who dropped it might.

But that depends on the height from which it's dropped. And g.

abygael February 6 2006, 13:40:14 UTC

And how loud the sound of it's little hardrive caving in on itself is.

longlonglegz February 6 2006, 19:56:56 UTC

Mm. I think computer size is inversely proportional to the magnitude of sound produced.

Take laptops, for example...

abygael February 6 2006, 20:30:47 UTC

This is quite possibly true. For example, aside from printer and scanner (which really don't count anyway) the loudest computer related thing I have is my external hard drive. Which is also one of the smallest.

longlonglegz February 6 2006, 20:33:44 UTC

Printers are pretty noisy though.

But the sad noise that computer make when their HDD crashes is quite depressing. And stressful.

abygael February 6 2006, 20:40:07 UTC

Or just when it turns off. It's like a part of it is dying inside (which is perfectly true) and I find a part of me also dies inside until the

longlonglegz February 6 2006, 20:43:30 UTC

...end of the sentence is unfinished?

I had a ZOMBpanic!! moment before my Year 11 Chem exam, when my HDD really did die. I hadn't backed up anything since the middle of the year.

abygael February 7 2006, 02:35:13 UTC

Sorry, I was at work and someone was coming. The rest of the sentence should've been something along the lines of "they come back to life."

But yes, I sympathise. My HDD crashed (really randomly) in the middle of year 12. I never /quite/ recovered, even now (bought teh computer).

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