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[edit] Technology

[edit] Yaesu VX-150

Yaesu VX-150 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View AfD)

There is no indication that this product would pass WP:PRODUCT. PROD was contested with comment: "Old article was created before Wikipedia required sources or claims of noteworthiness." That may be true, but it's not a reason to keep the article. B. Wolterding (talk) 06:07, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete per nom, or merge with manufacturer's article (if known) per WP:PRODUCT. Ben MacDuiTalk/Walk 09:09, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
    • The manufacturer is Yaesu (brand). However, I don't see why building a catalog of their present and past products would improve that article. --B. Wolterding (talk) 17:42, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. -- the wub "?!" 14:48, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Memory shaving

Memory shaving (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View AfD)

Strange computer crime I've never heard about before where someone takes RAM chips out of work PCs and sells them, something that doesn't seem to make any sense (I guess they figure no one would notice a slow computer or hastily closed case?). G-hits number 432, with few sources actually coming up with this crime at all beyond one of the sources on the page. Nate • (chatter) 08:29, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

  • Comment While many here are quick to dismiss the believability of this term, I have heard of this term being used twice by information technology professionals. People who commit this crime usually do so during the night or a holiday, they do not do so when the computer is operational and the surroundings are filled with people. Why people want to steal RAM is another matter of course, but if people commit armed robbery for $30 at the petrol station, anything is possible. Of course, my anecdotal evidence is not meant to be taken as gospel, but it seems rather odd to me that nobody has heard of this term or act before. Rilak (talk) 06:31, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment It exists; I've seen one machine so far brought in to vendor for damage assessment because it was installed in a university dormitory and a (soon-to-be-ex-) roommate had broken one of the plastic mainboard sockets while trying to remove RAM from the system. Dunno how common this is, but sadly it happens. --carlb (talk) 18:02, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. -- the wub "?!" 14:46, 8 June 2008 (UTC)