On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 10:11 +0200, Ariën Huisken wrote: > > good :) always keep a couple new ones in reserve.. ATA100 cables break > > easily, and when they do, the symptoms are mostly very spurious and > > random (like your problem) it only takes a kink in the cable to ruin it, > > if the kink is sharp enough > > So no folding anymore?
I usually use a pair of pliers to get just the right angle on the bends and creases in my IDE cables. But nothing more than 70 degrees: zeros can get around acute corners no problem, but ones, what with their elongated shape and sharp points, get bunched up and clog at the corners, decreasing the bandwidth. This is why you should make sure most of your data is comprised of zeros rather than ones if you have high-bandwidth data transmission needs, their round shape flows better. If you have high storage needs, you should use more ones, because they pack better into the same amount of space (think toothpicks vs marbles). You should also store all your data in the lower order bits of each byte: since those bits are smaller, they take up less space. Of course, I'm kidding. -- Andy Bakun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ tsl-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.trustix.org/mailman/listinfo/tsl-discuss
