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Carbon Dudeoxide

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Re: Eco-Friendly Hard Drive?
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2008, 08:54:18 PM »
Bamboo huh!?  Different!  :o

Think I'll stick to all aluminum for now!
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    Re: Eco-Friendly Hard Drive?
    « Reply #2 on: July 29, 2008, 06:15:33 AM »
    agreed. think if you had that at a job site. and an axe goes flyin towards the HD, the Aluminum will hold it off, Bamboo...wouldnt stand a chance. and Aluminum is eco-friendly to, all you have to do is melt it down in to molten aluminum and turn it into a soda can(after you take out the electronics)
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    Re: Eco-Friendly Hard Drive?
    « Reply #3 on: July 30, 2008, 12:42:38 PM »
    You should research the tensile strength properties of bamboo before dismissing it as a bad idea...
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    Re: Eco-Friendly Hard Drive?
    « Reply #4 on: July 30, 2008, 04:32:48 PM »
    You should research the tensile strength properties of bamboo before dismissing it as a bad idea...

    They use bamboo in china for scaffolding. It is nearly as strong as steel when used right.

    Bamboo bike...


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    Re: Eco-Friendly Hard Drive?
    « Reply #5 on: July 30, 2008, 06:15:12 PM »
    Not to prolongue the debate and be pedantic but - yes bamboo is immensely strong considering but - it's main strength is derived when it is still working as a tube - in itself a good engineering structure. 

    I can't imagine this excellent material however being quite so strong used in other ways tho - concede that if someone felt it good enough to use on an HD then it must have something going for it!  ;)
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    Re: Eco-Friendly Hard Drive?
    « Reply #6 on: July 30, 2008, 06:19:24 PM »
    Eco-Friendly, what about All Natural?

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    Re: Eco-Friendly Hard Drive?
    « Reply #7 on: July 30, 2008, 07:40:07 PM »
    Eco-Friendly, what about All Natural?

    I'm trying to figure out which one is the hobby which is the career for that person- taxidermy or computers? And when somebody asks how they do something on the computer, they can just say they "leave it to beaver". ha ha.


    agreed. think if you had that at a job site. and an axe goes flyin towards the HD, the Aluminum will hold it off, Bamboo...wouldnt stand a chance.

    Well first off, I've never seen people throw axes at any job site, in fact, I've never even seen them USE axes, Hammers, drills, etc, but axes? What purpose would they serve there? "Duh, we gotta hack up this wall for no reason, even though we're supposed  to be buildin'". And even in the case that there was an axe and some goof decided it would be fun to throw it at the foremans portable, I'm fairly sure that if it hit the external drive, it wouldn't make a difference wether the casing was made of bamboo,plastic, or carbon-alloy titanium, the shock inflicted would likely cause a head crash anyway, making any damage to the casing collateral.




    and Aluminum is eco-friendly to, all you have to do is melt it down in to molten aluminum and turn it into a soda can(after you take out the electronics)
    It's only eco-friendly if you can somehow use solar power to get the aluminum to it's melting point. Otherwise, chances are the source of energy to melt it won't be particularly eco-friendly. Although it still comes out a lot cheaper then the electrolysis required to get aluminum from it's ore...
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    Re: Eco-Friendly Hard Drive?
    « Reply #8 on: July 30, 2008, 08:29:21 PM »
    It would be cool to have a computer put inside me....

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      « Reply #9 on: July 31, 2008, 06:13:57 AM »
      It would be cool to have a computer put inside me....

      you already have one with unlimited memory...your Brain!!!  :D
      or you could have a brain like the terminator's...
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