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Here is the correct llink Physorg And this is another cool stuff from the same place

That story would be

here, rather than the Cassini/Huygens probe story that was linked to.

More proof that /.ers don't read the article, eh?

Crew? We don't need no stinking crew. We're unmanned airships.

Or did you think that meant an all-female crew?

Another story about the same: PhysOrg

I agree with you, when you look at the image from the article showing the pollution concentrations, they seem to be aligned with the largest populated industrial areas, even in the US.

The other thing I notice is that there seem to be "tails" from the concentrated areas that trail off to the west in lighter shaded bands (due to the earth's rotation?).

That looks a lot like the DL-1 digital light projector, which is a video projector on a 2-axis tilt mount. "Using the motion control feature, project your imagery anywhere in a 3D space". It's used for nightclubs and stage shows.

It's a cute stage effect, but not a breakthrough.

Don't forget....Nyud.net:8090 http://www.physorg.com/news1092.html.nyud.net:8090

You could always use... http://www.physorg.com/news1092.html.nyud.net:8090

Actually, it's not slashdotted at all, nor does it appear to be heading that way.

And buddy, next time post AC, or be assigned the label of karma whore.

http://www.physorg.com/preview785.html

Did you know that you would have to take 1,000,000 pictures a day to fill up a 100 terabyte disk in one lifetime?

Beakthrough Nanotechnology Will Bring 100 Terabyte 3.5-inch Digital Data Storage Disks according to http://www.physorg.com/preview785.html/
Fact or fiction?

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An analysis of the "company" "ColossalStorage" and it's founder "Michael E Thomas".

See all the waving flags on their website and his proud "United States Veteran - Top Secret Clearance" at the top of his bio page?

Yeah, there's no way in hell these guys are delivering jack shit to the marketplace in the next 20 years, let alone the next 5.

And who the hell is physorg.com anyways?

Registrant:
Alexander Pol
Metallistov 63
St-Petersburg,

Uh huh. Some amateur "science/tech news site". It is NOT a respected authority on ANYTHING.

According to google, there are ZERO websites in the world that link to physorg.com, and the first 4 pages of google "pages that contain the term" show zero references to physorg.com from anyone in the physics or real world technology industry.

No kidding. Lots of red flags in this article.
Besides the graphic problems described by the parent post (and "COLOSSAL" in big letters on the drive in the linked cheesy graphic in the PhysOrg article) and Colossal's oh-so-cheesy animated gif-filled site, there are pseudoscience-y claims:
"Michael invented and patented the world's first and only concept for non-contact UV photon induced electric field poling of ferroelectric non-linear photonic bandgap crystals"
"He was invited to present this fascinating discovery to the National Science Foundation in February 2004."
Puh-leeze. The "science" part sounds like something from Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the NSF bit sounds like something out of a cheesy Hollywood script.

And when we get right down to it, how reliable a source is PhysOrg? This, for example, doesn't strike me as the kind of news one would find on a really serious physics site...

--Mark

No kidding. Lots of red flags in this article.
Besides the graphic problems described by the parent post (and "COLOSSAL" in big letters on the drive in the linked cheesy graphic in the PhysOrg article) and Colossal's oh-so-cheesy animated gif-filled site, there are pseudoscience-y claims:
"Michael invented and patented the world's first and only concept for non-contact UV photon induced electric field poling of ferroelectric non-linear photonic bandgap crystals"
"He was invited to present this fascinating discovery to the National Science Foundation in February 2004."
Puh-leeze. The "science" part sounds like something from Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the NSF bit sounds like something out of a cheesy Hollywood script.

And when we get right down to it, how reliable a source is PhysOrg? This, for example, doesn't strike me as the kind of news one would find on a really serious physics site...

--Mark

The graphic in the article says 10 petabyte, not 100 terabyte. That's a factor of 100 different.

Also, the second graphic refers to Seagate and "Maxstor"... perhaps they mean Maxtor?

If Colossal Storage Corp. can't even get their infographics right, I don't know what that says about their ability to make these drives.

The graphic in the article says 10 petabyte, not 100 terabyte. That's a factor of 100 different.

Also, the second graphic refers to Seagate and "Maxstor"... perhaps they mean Maxtor?

If Colossal Storage Corp. can't even get their infographics right, I don't know what that says about their ability to make these drives.

I read somewhere today that Intel engineers have developed a new compound to use for the insulating layer on the gates, to replace SiO2

Yeah, it's called "high-K". Here is a link.