Is this PC doa? (was a formatting question)

[Steve Flynn]

On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 5:58 AM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:

> However, one thing which I have never bothered to determine (never had
> to do so) is how can SpirRite handle an HD is it stops even spinning up?

It can't. Then again, short of taking the motor out and replacing it,
nothing will be able to read it.

> However, when I mentioned grc's Shields Up! in some Linux-related forum
> (here I think but not sure) I was told by a couple of "gurus" that Steve
> 'doesn't know anything' and is, basically, a 'charlatan' (but these were
> not the words used.)

He's a bit of a drama queen - recall his "the world is ending" with
half-open connections bollocks. Mind you, drummed some traffic to his
site so it was effective.

He writes for the non-technical crowd so it's easy  to point flaws in
his descriptions where he's over simplified. Didn't do himself and
favours with the scaremongering mentioned on the previous sentence
however.

-- 
Steve
When one person suffers from a delusion it is insanity. When many
people suffer from a delusion it is called religion.

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