Re: [tlug] Potentially Dying Hard Disk Questions [2](DroppingHD's...)

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

>>>>> "Edward" == Edward Wright <edw@example.com> writes:
    Edward> On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 03:24:48PM +0900, Stephen
    Edward> J. Turnbull wrote:

    >> >>>>> "Lyle" == Lyle Saxon <Lyle> writes:

    Lyle> 150 G's??  Sounds like an airplane or something.....  Is a
    Lyle> two foot drop to a linoleum floor more than 150 G's??

    >> The two-foot drop is free fall, ie, zero G's.

    Edward> Uhhhh.... actually, 1 G - a "G" being the rate of
    Edward> acceleration of a body at sea level acted upon by the
    Edward> earth's gravity - 9.8m/s/s more or less

    Edward> :-)

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