Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agoThieves are starting to steal RAM now that it's as expensive as gold — a memory kit disappears in the snail mail at four in the morning with a bogus signaturewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1245arrow-down116
arrow-up1229arrow-down1external-linkThieves are starting to steal RAM now that it's as expensive as gold — a memory kit disappears in the snail mail at four in the morning with a bogus signaturewww.tomshardware.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareLumpyPancakes@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·20 hours agoReminds me of when students used to pull the 5¼" floppy drive blanking plates off PC’s, reach inside and steal the RAM.
minus-squareveroxii@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·15 hours agoWell. Memory was like $100 per megabyte, and the computers in the university lab had 8. But would run fine on 4.
Reminds me of when students used to pull the 5¼" floppy drive blanking plates off PC’s, reach inside and steal the RAM.
Well. Memory was like $100 per megabyte, and the computers in the university lab had 8. But would run fine on 4.