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additionally with the proposal "put together a list of known corporate MDM server URLs in a public repository" I think the idea could be to only block users with an MDM server from that list. of course that would have to be quite a large list and maintaining it fairly could be a challenge


Also a click handler on a div isn't going to do much for someone who isn't using a mouse, which would include a lot of screen reader users.


Sales and/or property taxes are typically used to make up the difference. TANSTAAFL


There's an IBM Deathstar (sold to Hitachi, sold to WD) model that has its own section, at least:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deskstar#IBM_Deskstar_75GXP_fa...


Lost my first 3 years of programming thanks to a Deathstar... Still miffed about it, as I enjoy going back looking at my earlier code.

At least I learned to take backups, which has saved my butt several times since.


Not only did the magnetic fuses not work, the impact fuses would collapse and fail if the torpedo made a direct hit. And the torpedoes would consistently run deeper than they were set to. US torpedoes in the early stages of the war were nearly completely ineffective.


I'm not an expert but I have seen Titanic (1997) and I would think a floating bridge is most vulnerable to sinking.


Nah. You see the floating bridge is compartmentalized, so that it is impossible for an entire segment to flood at once and sink.

They are virtually unsinkable!


Seattle: hold my beer.


And/or they cashed out $TEXAS in stock and rode off into the sunset.


Yeah man. Meaningful work and loads of cash after IPO. I have always wished to work in such an environment.


I'm thinking it must be tornadoes. There were 907 tornadoes across all of 1984.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tornado_events_by_year


It was before most of our times, but I don't think the Esso brand was "in the mud" when they rebranded to Exxon and that seems to have worked out ok for them.


Even at submarine depths, the oceans are poorly mapped. In 2005, the USS San Francisco collided with an uncharted (but suspected) seamount at 160m depth.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_San_Francisco_(SSN-711)#Gr...


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