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Holographic breakthrough crams in 0.5TB per square inch
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| 27 March 2006
| Robert Jaques
Posted on 03/29/2006 10:42:31 AM PST by ShadowAce
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posted on
03/29/2006 10:42:33 AM PST
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ShadowAce
To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Bush2000; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; ...
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posted on
03/29/2006 10:42:51 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
Oh no, can we keep it a secret from Microsoft?!
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posted on
03/29/2006 10:43:39 AM PST
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything.")
To: ShadowAce
When will it be in the iPod?..........Store every song ever written from Gregorian chants to Hip-Hop .........
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posted on
03/29/2006 10:44:58 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I must not fear.)
To: ShadowAce
Is there an attachment for the base of my skull?
To: Revolting cat!
Oh no, can we keep it a secret from Microsoft?! What are you talking about? Vista was delayed so that this technology can reach the market first.
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posted on
03/29/2006 10:48:24 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
The first generation drive has a capacity of 300GB on a single disk with a 20Mbps transfer rate. Less than 1/20th the transfer rate of USB 2. Not too quick, but could be useful for archival storage.
To: ShadowAce
The 21st Century equivalent of seeing how many people you can cram into a phone booth.
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posted on
03/29/2006 10:48:58 AM PST
by
My2Cents
("The essence of American journalism is vulgarity divested of truth." -- Winston Churchill)
To: My2Cents
Holo-deck?
If no, then Meh!
:p
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posted on
03/29/2006 10:51:06 AM PST
by
CygnusXI
(Where's that dang Meteor already?)
To: ShadowAce
That's just amazing. Multiple terabytes in the space of an iPod. Another point for Moore and Kurzweil.
To: ShadowAce
The first generation drive has a capacity of 300GB on a single disk with a 20Mbps transfer rate. The first product will be followed by a family ranging from 800GB to 1.6TB capacity. Yes. Yes. Yes. Perfect for HD archiving and streaming.
Now all we need is to see the price of the 300 GB disks at a reasonable price, say $25 each, and a drive for $200 and we are in business. Bye-bye Blu-Ray. Bye-bye HD-DVD.
To: antiRepublicrat
Not too quick, but could be useful for archival storage. Yeah--I was just thinking about the mini-DVDRW discs I saw at Wal-Mart the other day. The same size as a MiniCD, but it holds 1.4GB. Now if you put this technology into a disk that dize, it would be super cool.
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posted on
03/29/2006 10:54:04 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
Since they are writing in the volume, and not on the surface, they needed to record data density per cubic inch.
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posted on
03/29/2006 10:59:13 AM PST
by
GSlob
To: ShadowAce
Holographic storage can dramatically boost capacity as it takes advantage of volumetric efficiencies rather than recording only on the surface of the material.
A. Rimmer is greatly pleased
To: ShadowAce
I'll still run out of hard drive space in 6 months.
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posted on
03/29/2006 11:07:20 AM PST
by
Ben Mugged
(labor unions are socialism's shock troops)
To: Red Badger
I can store every episode of Star Trek on my phone? Woo-Hoo!
To: ShadowAce
A fistful of these babies could even hold the Vista source code!
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posted on
03/29/2006 11:08:39 AM PST
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
To: antiRepublicrat
"Not too quick, but could be useful for archival storage."
This is just what Uncle Sam is looking for. A nice slow system that won't stress federal workers and it is capable of storing every move the citizens made in their lifetime.
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posted on
03/29/2006 11:13:58 AM PST
by
B4Ranch
(Immigration Control and Border Security -The jobs George W. Bush doesn't want to do.)
To: Red Badger
When will it be in the iPod?..........Store every song ever written from Gregorian chants to Hip-Hop .........
And, how long do you think it would take you to listen to everything stored on that IPod?
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posted on
03/29/2006 11:15:14 AM PST
by
adorno
To: adorno
If I were Data, I could listen to them all simultaneously!.......
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posted on
03/29/2006 11:16:03 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I must not fear.)
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