What are Seagate platters made of?

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:32:00 -0500, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:

>Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:33:33 -0500, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:
>>
>>>kony wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:53:42 -0700, Dave Smith
>>>> <Sallydog@cox.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Just curious.
>>>>>
>>>>>I had a Seagate Barracuda 300GB Ver. 7200.8 drive die on me. No
>>>>>receipt so I took it apart. The platters (three of them) are made of
>>>>>a fairly soft but rigid metal. Anyone out there know what they're
>>>>>made of?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Some type of coated, aluminum alloy base material. Probably
>>>> a trade secret. Does it necessarily matter?
>>>
>>>Maybe he thinks he'll take them to a scrap yard to get some money.
>>
>> Um... The first line reads "Just curious."
>
>Curiosity always has a motive.

What a silly, sad thing to say.

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:06:56 -0700, Dave Smith
<Sallydog@cox.net> wrote:

>On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:32:00 -0500, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:
>
>>Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:33:33 -0500, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:
>>>
>>>>kony wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:53:42 -0700, Dave Smith
>>>>> <Sallydog@cox.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Just curious.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I had a Seagate Barracuda 300GB Ver. 7200.8 drive die on me. No
>>>>>>receipt so I took it apart. The platters (three of them) are made of
>>>>>>a fairly soft but rigid metal. Anyone out there know what they're
>>>>>>made of?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Some type of coated, aluminum alloy base material. Probably
>>>>> a trade secret. Does it necessarily matter?
>>>>
>>>>Maybe he thinks he'll take them to a scrap yard to get some money.
>>>
>>> Um... The first line reads "Just curious."
>>
>>Curiosity always has a motive.
>
>What a silly, sad thing to say.

You must be young and foolish to write this. Curiosity does
always have a motive, even if it is only a wasteful vanity
of knowing, but in that case it is even more foolish to
bother learning something to which there is no expected
application.

Basically, we all have finite time here on earth. You can
spend that time learning something useful to your goals, or
spend it on random *trivia* if you have no specific goal.
In the former case, it was worth your time. In the latter,
probably not - there's no prize for dying of old age with a
head full of information you didn't need, didn't apply.

"kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
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> - there's no prize for dying of old age with a
> head full of information you didn't need, didn't apply.

And you avoid this, how? In fact, most of the "useful" things
I've learned came buried in trivia. Add to that, we usually have
little control over what stays and what goes. If you have a
non-alcoholic means of purging the trivia, let me know; there
seems to be an ever increasing amount building up in there.

Luck;
Ken

"Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>
> "kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
> news:mjd68499mgk4ddl54vfqh142msjfjiruqh@4ax.com...
>
>
> > - there's no prize for dying of old age with a
> > head full of information you didn't need, didn't apply.
>
> And you avoid this, how? In fact, most of the "useful" things
> I've learned came buried in trivia. Add to that, we usually have
> little control over what stays and what goes. If you have a
> non-alcoholic means of purging the trivia, let me know; there
> seems to be an ever increasing amount building up in there.

Then start feeding us the answers you learned from trivia <bg>

"Joel" <Joel@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
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> "Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> "kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
>> news:mjd68499mgk4ddl54vfqh142msjfjiruqh@4ax.com...
>>
>>
>> > - there's no prize for dying of old age with a
>> > head full of information you didn't need, didn't apply.
>>
>> And you avoid this, how? In fact, most of the "useful" things
>> I've learned came buried in trivia. Add to that, we usually have
>> little control over what stays and what goes. If you have a
>> non-alcoholic means of purging the trivia, let me know; there
>> seems to be an ever increasing amount building up in there.
>
> Then start feeding us the answers you learned from trivia <bg>

Not a fan, I take it? There is plenty of that in my posts, "kony"
might even suggest most of my posts must have such a source.

Luck;
Ken

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:22:33 -0500, "Ken Maltby"
<kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>
>"Joel" <Joel@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
>news:r8h784ta82mbt14bluvl874nubm6nmgkr4@4ax.com.. .
>> "Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
>>> news:mjd68499mgk4ddl54vfqh142msjfjiruqh@4ax.com...
>>>
>>>
>>> > - there's no prize for dying of old age with a
>>> > head full of information you didn't need, didn't apply.
>>>
>>> And you avoid this, how? In fact, most of the "useful" things
>>> I've learned came buried in trivia. Add to that, we usually have
>>> little control over what stays and what goes. If you have a
>>> non-alcoholic means of purging the trivia, let me know; there
>>> seems to be an ever increasing amount building up in there.
>>
>> Then start feeding us the answers you learned from trivia <bg>
>
> Not a fan, I take it? There is plenty of that in my posts, "kony"
>might even suggest most of my posts must have such a source.
>
>Luck;
> Ken
>

You simply don't realize the extent to which you do weed out
and forget trivia, constantly. You remember your own name,
right? Do you remember the name of the person who rang up
your groceries 9 months ago? Did you try to memorize the
name of the grocery cashier? If not, why not? It's as I
wrote, until you have that need you are not deeming it
worthwhile to remember, or know at all.

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:53:42 -0700, Dave Smith <Sallydog@cox.net>
wrote:

>Just curious.
>
>I had a Seagate Barracuda 300GB Ver. 7200.8 drive die on me. No
>receipt so I took it apart. The platters (three of them) are made of
>a fairly soft but rigid metal. Anyone out there know what they're
>made of?
>
>Thanks.

Thanks very much to those who gave relevant replies.

Dave

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:01:40 -0400, kony <spam@spam.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:06:56 -0700, Dave Smith
><Sallydog@cox.net> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:32:00 -0500, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:
>>
>>>Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:33:33 -0500, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>kony wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:53:42 -0700, Dave Smith
>>>>>> <Sallydog@cox.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Just curious.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I had a Seagate Barracuda 300GB Ver. 7200.8 drive die on me. No
>>>>>>>receipt so I took it apart. The platters (three of them) are made of
>>>>>>>a fairly soft but rigid metal. Anyone out there know what they're
>>>>>>>made of?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some type of coated, aluminum alloy base material. Probably
>>>>>> a trade secret. Does it necessarily matter?
>>>>>
>>>>>Maybe he thinks he'll take them to a scrap yard to get some money.
>>>>
>>>> Um... The first line reads "Just curious."
>>>
>>>Curiosity always has a motive.
>>
>>What a silly, sad thing to say.
>
>You must be young and foolish to write this. Curiosity does
>always have a motive, even if it is only a wasteful vanity
>of knowing, but in that case it is even more foolish to
>bother learning something to which there is no expected
>application.
>
>Basically, we all have finite time here on earth. You can
>spend that time learning something useful to your goals, or
>spend it on random *trivia* if you have no specific goal.
>In the former case, it was worth your time. In the latter,
>probably not - there's no prize for dying of old age with a
>head full of information you didn't need, didn't apply.

Hardly young (58) but maybe foolish. The only prize I seek is to
enjoy my finite time here any way I can. One of the things I enjoy is
simply learning. If there's something wrong with that I guess I'm
guilty.

*Shrug.*

"Dave Smith" wrote:
> The only prize I seek is to
> enjoy my finite time here any way I can. One of the things I enjoy is
> simply learning. If there's something wrong with that I guess I'm
> guilty.

That makes two of us.

Jon

"Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> "Joel" <Joel@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
> news:r8h784ta82mbt14bluvl874nubm6nmgkr4@4ax.com...
> > "Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
> >> news:mjd68499mgk4ddl54vfqh142msjfjiruqh@4ax.com...
> >>
> >>
> >> > - there's no prize for dying of old age with a
> >> > head full of information you didn't need, didn't apply.
> >>
> >> And you avoid this, how? In fact, most of the "useful" things
> >> I've learned came buried in trivia. Add to that, we usually have
> >> little control over what stays and what goes. If you have a
> >> non-alcoholic means of purging the trivia, let me know; there
> >> seems to be an ever increasing amount building up in there.
> >
> > Then start feeding us the answers you learned from trivia <bg>
>
> Not a fan, I take it? There is plenty of that in my posts, "kony"
> might even suggest most of my posts must have such a source.
>
> Luck;
> Ken

Which one? <bg> this is the 2nd time I remember seeing your name here.
Actually I didn't pay any attention to any poster's name until start
response to the message I checked and see your name twice.