On 2011/05/16 18:51 (GMT+0200) Per Jessen composed:
Dave Howorth wrote:
Greg Freemyer wrote:
You may know that many modern laptops have a G sensor. The goal is to identify free fall (0 G) and issue a head retraction command before the drive hits the ground.
No, it's a con(-spiracy) by laptop manufacturers to make NASA et al have to buy special expensive orbit-proof laptops instead of regular commercial ones. :)
Isn't such a laptop (that refuses to operate the harddisk in 0 G) going to be a bit of an issue in orbit?
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