[Nowhere Man]

Maybe-----but this one has 100 TERABYTES of memory, operating at 200 Ghz!! (a DVD-RAM is NOWHERE near that fast. Plus-- NO moving parts). Remember-- this is FICTION!!

Dang, wish I could get one for my Pentium II's, would not need a new HD, ever. B-)

[Rca2000]

In the story, the computer programmer terrorist explains that HMS memories were being readied for public introduction, to replace hard drives and other storage mediums. The computer was an experimental one, designed for the military, as an AI experiment machine--- and the terrorists hijacked it.

I ADMIT-- if one tries to over analyze things, they will find plenty of factual errors. But, in a fictional story, you have some leeway--- NONE of this is meant to be applicable to the real world--- HAL wasn't (then, or now), nor is Omni-One, Starshield or the Neutron multiplier--- they are known as PLOT DEVICES.