Sentences with phrase «voodoo incantation»

«In the time since this paper was published, some people have treated the 35 - pass overwrite technique described in it more as a kind of voodoo incantation to banish evil spirits than the result of a technical analysis of drive encoding techniques... In fact performing the full 35 - pass overwrite is pointless for any drive since it targets a blend of scenarios involving all types of (normally - used) encoding technology, which covers everything back to 30 + - year - old MFM methods (if you don't understand that statement, re-read the paper).

It's the size of the moon and weighs about the same as Ayres Rock, but thanks to four - wheel drive, clever launch control and some sort of voodoo incantation, the super-SUV launches to 60mph in a bonkers 3.5 seconds on the way to an 11.6 sec quarter - mile.

Not exact matches

If despite all this advice, you still can not find a home exchange, maybe you can resort to «a mixture of voodoo and pagan incantations», the ultimate trick of our member Marie - Anne, who has 27 exchanges under her belt!