I have a reply to some of this. I'm rusty on my physics, though: the pickle wrote: > > At 23:32 -0500 on 14/08/02, Ryan wrote: > > >And not just sitting in the back, starting and watching. Now about those > >boat anchors, if you put a 85 lb. computer in the water, how the heck'd you > >get it back up? And it's no doubt that the Apple Newton is the best boat > > The water makes it weigh a lot less than its mass might indicate because the > water holds it up much better than air does :)
The computer's air slots will allow it to take in water. If it's salt water, it will mass more than fresh water. You're going to be hauling up the mass of the computer, plus whatever water is circulating through its guts. I believe it will make the computer seems to mass more than its original 85-lbs. Plus, the circulation of water through the vents of the said computer, will give the illusion of added mass which really isn't there. > > >the heck of it. (i.e. Placing a telephone on your Seagate Barracuda II HD > >will most likely end up in you reformatting it.) So, here's your Mac tidbit What he's referring to here is an old-fashioned dial telephone (anyone here remember those??? or even the ORIGINAL touch-tone phones???) Those things had some HUGE magnets in them. Any phone manufactured by the old Western Electric company will promply erase any hard drive, floppy, Zip, Jaz, SyQuest, etc., etc., that you place directly under such phones. BACK IN THE DAY, I was using my trusty old Mac Plus, and it was on top of a metal desk. I made this nifty little wooden floppy disk holder to store my 200+ floppy disks in. We had a cleaning lady who used this HUGE old 1930s vintage Hoover vacuum cleaner, and she'd have to constantly scrub the area around this desk because I smoked a lot. Over time, her vaccum erased or damaged a bunch of those disks -- they were in the bottom drawer of that metal desk. > > Anyone have a clue why this might be, and whether it requires a corded or > cordless (or cellular) telephone? Just the old-fashioned phones. No one uses them anymore -- at least almost no one! I've got a couple of 1940s-vintage phones, and they are almost heavy enough to require two men, a boy and a hunting dog just to lug them around. Allen ----- -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
