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Re:Hypersonic HAWC missile flies, but details are kept hidden by lampington on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @05:53PM (#28687966)
A 50s computer would have been largely glass vacuum tubes and dropping it would cause quite a lot of problems. And a modern computer would be fine in an earthquake if it didn't fall off something or have something heavy fall on it.
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Re:Hypersonic HAWC missile flies, but details are kept hidden by jamiek88 on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @06:58PM (#28688441)
Yeah was just thinking that! That analogy may have worked 20 years ago but everything, including notably storage, is solid state now and way more durable.
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