[Gllug] Hard drive problems

[Benjamin Donnachie]

Richard Huxton wrote:
> Sigh - this kind of trivialising of a serious issue always irritates me.
> There's no need for all of these old-wives' tales.

ROFL! :-))))

Fortune on my devel box just spat this out...

	Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles,
called electrons, that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you
have been drinking.  Electrons travel at the speed of light, which in
most American homes is 110 volts per hour.  This is very fast.  In the
time it has taken you to read this sentence so far, an electron could
have traveled all the way from San Francisco to Hackensack, New Jersey,
although God alone knows why it would want to.
	The five main kinds of electricity are alternating current,
direct current, lightning, static, and European.  Most American homes
have alternating current, which means that the electricity goes in one
direction for a while, then goes in the other direction.  This prevents
harmful electron buildup in the wires.
		-- Dave Barry, "The Taming of the Screw"

... how did it know? :)

Ben
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