How was the capacity of the 'magical Chinese harddisk' faked?
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Re: How was the capacity of the 'magical Chinese harddisk' faked?
#2 Hunh? This post by splattne links to Superuser.com where the question is asked by Superuser member bronzebeard and it shows the question edited by Superuser member splattne and member Ivo Flipse comments mentions this subject was already discussed on Hacker News and he links back to the first HN post.
My head hurts :(
Re: How was the capacity of the 'magical Chinese harddisk' faked?
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Remember when you would research this problem? You would maybe even dive into OS/FS source code to see how operating systems determine free space. You would gain deeper insight into implementation details for use in future projects.
Now we just ask the world and get back a superficial answer we forget in two days.
Re: How was the capacity of the 'magical Chinese harddisk' faked?
#4Hunh? This post by splattne links to Superuser.com where the question is asked by Superuser member bronzebeard and it shows the question edited by Superuser member splattne and member Ivo Flipse comments mentions this subject was already discussed on Hacker News and he links back to the first HN post. My head hurts :(
I guess the answer on Super User is a nice summary of the whole discussion here on Hacker News ;-)
Does your head start to hurt even more after seeing me comment here as well? ;-)
Re: How was the capacity of the 'magical Chinese harddisk' faked?
#5Hunh? This post by splattne links to Superuser.com where the question is asked by Superuser member bronzebeard and it shows the question edited by Superuser member splattne and member Ivo Flipse comments mentions this subject was already discussed on Hacker News and he links back to the first HN post. My head hurts :(
I guess the answer on Super User is a nice summary of the whole discussion here on Hacker News ;-) Does your head start to hurt even more after seeing me comment here as well? ;-)
Yes.
Re: How was the capacity of the 'magical Chinese harddisk' faked?
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
I guess the answer on Super User is a nice summary of the whole discussion here on Hacker News ;-) Does your head start to hurt even more after seeing me comment here as well? ;-)
Yes.
More headache. Sorry, didn't know that it had been posted to HN previously.