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Data Woes

Category: Technology
Posted on: December 9, 2007 9:15 PM, by Greg Laden

... the guy who has ants in his hard drive, so he loads it up with insect spray. Kills bugs dead. And data too...

... the woman who's USB stick went through the wash. Whites whiter, brights brighter, data gonner...

... the guys who decided to test a parachute using their fancy digital camera as a weight. The parachute didn't work. But the camera did bust into tiny pieces....

... The British Scientist who got annoyed at the squeeking noise his hard drive made. So he experimented with oiling the hard drive. Hypothesis: Rejected. Data: Gone....

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"So he experimented with oiling the hard drive. Hypothesis: Rejected."

Talk about a *null* hypothesis :)

Posted by: Pierre Far | December 10, 2007 6:53 AM

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