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Monday, June 29, 2009
Random Stuff

A Picture Is Worth About $US138 Million

3:00AM Jack Loftus | The quick lens of U.S. Navy sonar technician Ronald Dejarnett was able to capture this Air Force F-22 going supersonic over the Gulf of Alaska as the pilot did his best Top Gun flyby impression. [U.S. Navy] More »
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Friday, June 6, 2008
Hardware

Western Digital Researching 20,000RPM Hard Disk to Fight Solid State Drives

9:59PM Gizmodo US Edition | According to blog Bit-Tech.net, sources in the hard drive industry say that Western Digital (maker of the old world’s fastest hard drive) “is working on a 20,000RPM Raptor hard drive to combat” Solid State Drives, since these are going to “be affordable in the next 12 or 18 months.” The new Raptor will be a 2.5-inch drive inside a 3.5-inch custom box designed to make it “silent,” since a 20,000RPM HD could probably make your ears bleed after a few minutes at fulll speed. But can a mechanical drive compete against solid state? More »
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Friday, March 28, 2008
Vehicles

F-22 Raptor Airframes Falling Apart Due to Bad Glue

11:30PM Jesus Diaz | According to a just-released Air Combat Command report, 30 of the F-22A Raptors delivered by Lockheed Martin use “inadequate adhesive” in their airframes. That means two things in plain language: bad glue; and big trouble. More »
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