[01:57] heh, 1 tb on amazon currently costs more than 2 tb [01:59] how strange [01:59] run on 1 tb drives by people who don't know there are 2 tb drives? [02:00] I also heard of some 1 tb NAS boxes selling for less than bare drives [02:08] whats the recommend command line switches to use with wget to mirror a site? I've been using '-mckEp'. [04:16] holy shit the 2tb hd I got for $150 last month is $260 now [04:18] Yeah [04:18] This is a good time to hang back with the buying [04:18] For the purposes of the team, I can provide space through batcave until the storm is over. [04:30] NOT IF I FILL IT UP FIRST [04:30] he he he he he he [04:32] YOU need to get cracking mailing those hard drives [04:42] hallo [04:42] hallo [04:43] what's up chronomex [04:43] trying to find some 3d models [04:43] http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3594 not all the parts in the photo are there [04:45] interesting. [04:48] what are you building, ultimately? [04:53] multi-nozzle 3d printer [04:53] colored prints! [04:55] SketchCow: I've been mirroring and moving stuff around since we talked! [04:55] 86 hour tar, gotta love it [05:14] I've always wanted to make a 3d printer that uses hot melt gluesticks as the consumable [09:43] http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2011/11/07/hard-disk-component-supply-could-take-years/1 [10:35] :/ [11:37] ersi: man man man [11:37] I hadn't heard that nidec was hit [11:37] what a mess :( [11:40] coincidentally, I was playing around with some hard drives yesterday. If you care, here some interesting images I took of one of the heads: http://spielme.com/sem/hdhead/ [14:32] Ops, when people have a chance. [14:35] B a m [14:55] Thanks. [17:55] alard: rev 12a8738 of the mobileme-grab scripts occasionally create overly-long directories, as in this example -> https://gist.github.com/7651da4d8c1d879772d0 [17:58] alard: looks like the element from the webdav feed is leaking through when dld-me-com prepares the url list [18:16] dnova: you run a SEM? neat! [18:55] The phone phreaking book I proofed last week had a whole thing on BSP [18:55] Mentioning the legendary sweeping book [18:55] man, I love ffmpeg2theora [18:55] How to sweep and for how long each stroke should be, etc. [18:56] SketchCow: haven't heard of that one [18:57] It's in there. [20:17] dnova: Those are awesome! [20:17] dnova: The little pin here is the write head? [20:17] http://spielme.com/sem/hdhead/sem6.jpg [20:35] underscor: the pin is the "main pole" or whatever the phrase is [20:36] the whole thing comprises the write head (and afaik it doubles as read head) [20:36] the actual data is written in that ~100 nanometer gap [20:37] The line on the pin? [20:37] Also, what's all that cruft above it? [20:37] yeah where it's sort of chopped off, so to speak [20:37] (not visible in that picture) [20:37] But in the optical one, there's all that rough stuff at the end [20:38] http://spielme.com/sem/hdhead/opticalhightlight.jpg [20:38] Circled there [20:38] I'm not sure. The rough stuff is silver particles. My best guess right now is that it is a ground and the silver powder is just the connection method they used to connect the grounded armature to the gold traces [20:38] it only goes to the head substrate... [20:38] I see [20:38] It's so cool! [20:40] What are these of? [20:40] http://spielme.com/sem/moly_powder/ [20:40] hehe [20:40] that's just molybdenum powders [20:40] That's what I figured [20:41] and this? http://spielme.com/sem/misc/ball%20bond.jpg [20:41] that is the first sem image I ever took [20:41] it's just a gold ball bond on an integrated circuit package [20:41] Oh okay [20:42] sem photos are so cool [20:42] it was subject to some kind of g-force test [20:42] some of them fall off or have the wires break [20:43] Ah [20:43] a lot of the images there are very old ones :3 [20:43] Still cool! [20:44] I was always surprised the magnets in the drive didn't corrupt data [20:44] the majority of their flux is contained in the vicinity of the voice coil but even if you passed them over the platter surface it is not likely that you would destroy any data [20:44] Really? [20:45] in very old drives that use iron powder as the active medium, you would [20:45] not much flux density [20:45] So that whole thing about "don't store magnets anywhere near your computer" isn't really a big deal? [20:46] it was for floppy diskettes [20:46] Oh, right [20:46] But for HDs, it's not an issue [20:46] correct [20:46] not at all [20:46] Damn [20:47] So the substrate used for HDs is a lot less sensitive to outside magnetic influence? [20:47] yes especially modern perpendicular recording drives. [20:47] and this is bare platters.... [20:48] hard drives are *usually* fully assembled in very nice metal boxes [20:49] So there's effectively more danger from having exposed platters to the environment than there is any magnetic damage... [20:49] Man, I can't believe I didn't know this :'( [20:49] oh by far [20:49] Cause a fleck of dust will ruin the whole shebang [20:53] yes... look at this image http://spielme.com/sem/hdhead/sem4.jpg [20:53] a human hair is roughly 25 times wider than the entire image. [20:55] Than the entire image‽‽ [20:56] :) [21:03] underscor I have unfettered access to a couple of SEMs so if you have any requests, feel free :) [21:03] Oh man, that's cool [21:04] I don't even know what to request [21:04] haha [21:04] it's a standing offer. you can send me something too [21:04] o_o [21:06] :D [21:09] what is the most effective photo stitching software these days? [22:02] 0 users qualified for auto login. [22:02] underscor, the level 1 FUCKING ARCHIVIST, is now online from nickname underscor. Next level in 0 days, 00:11:24. [22:03] Anyone around with a spare minute? [22:04] Outgoing message queue cleared by underscor!~asdf@pool-71-126-138-142.washdc.fios.verizon.net. [22:06] Shut up, you [22:10] yup [22:11] rude___: #archiveteam-idle [22:52] yipdw: Thanks, the problem should be fixed now. [22:57] alard: Ops?