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Maxtor's ATA-133 Does 160GB
B. Galliart writes "ExtremeTech has an article about Maxtor's two new bleeding edge ATA-133 drive models coming out later this month. The most interesting of these is the 160 Gigabyte DiamondMax Plus D540X (priced around $400) which uses Maxtor's purposed "BigDrive" 48-bit address space instead of the common E/IDE 28-bit address space thus getting pass the 137GB barrier. The drive should be useable on existing computers due to a bundled Promise Technologies ATA-133 PCI card."
In many situations, people are known to react irrationally if they do so in the heat of the moment. Take the time to calm down, relax, and then reflect on what's happened to get your head on straight.
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I admit, it *is* hard to sit here and read about developments in the magnetic storage field. A few states away crews are digging through dust and steel trying to uncover survivors trapped in the ruins of what was a bustling office metroplex. The majority of what they find is severed and burned body parts.
Something inside me is saying it is ethically wrong to be reading about how I might get a few more GB's on my next hard drive. Thousands of families are praying that they will see their husbands, wifes, mothers and fathers again, alive.
Let's show a little respect and not become some cavalier about the whole situation that less than 24 hours later we are back to the status quo. We may not have been personally effected, but this is a slap in the face to all the families that were.
If your dad were buried in the rubble right now, or part of the burning wreckage at the pentagon, wouldn't you be insulted by this?
If you don't want to see news about things that don't interest you at the moment, glance over the topic and _just_ skip over it. This site is not just about the bad event that happened.
Personaly my main focus is still in the event.
I wouldn't say this is idle chatter, this is actually about people's jobs and work. People are paid to design and make hard drives and other equipment. Other people are paid to make sure their companies have the best equipment, and still more are paid to install and maintain that equipment.
Terrorists have struck at a potent symbol of commerce, and to retreat into a shell o not talking about anything else is a minor victory for them. Stories that relate to people working therefore are (IMHO) a very good thing.
Listening for the sound of the coming rain...
maybe it's just me, but i don't think news about harddrives is very important at that moment
It is just you.
Not everyone is American. Despite the fact that most Americans think there is nothing outside the USA. Some of us think this is particularly cool technology, and a welcome relief to the "Lets bomb afganistan - we are too l337 to let them defend themselves" crap we keep hearing from you [wy]ankers.
TimC.
First of all, terrorism thrives on fear, panic, and extremist reactions (such as turning into a police state). The most effective action you can take is to return to normalcy... and resist the urge to take extremeist actions.
Second, this is totally inappropriate, because no EIDE hard drive has yet impressed me with it's ability to go faster than UltraDMA/33.
I am:
1) Upset about the fact that _Slashdot_ is running stories about technology instead of the "attack on america"
2) Upset that slashdot stopped reporting important news about technology to talk about the "attack on america"
3) Upset because my whole world view came crashing down around my head this morning
5) Batman
4) Cowboy Neil
I fall under the other category.
Where's the "upset at GW Bush for being such a terrible speaker" option?
hmmmm?
DoS attacking taliban sites
Is that a weak attempt at a joke? Or do you really think there are taliban websites?
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The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason. --Ben Franklin
Guess what? Except for a very unfortunate few (I mean this with respect) the world did not end yesterday. I'm actually half way welling up in tears right now, but I am willing to get on with my life to prove that these terror attacks did not get to me. Thank you Slashdot for leading the way. I'm seeing reports on CNN of other world markets opening down today, and that's exactly the point of these attacts: to cripple Capitalism and America. All of you who want to wage war perhaps should consider a show of resolve rather than a show of agression. And I'm an American, born & raised.
Kurdt
I'm not anti-social. Just pro-technology.
even their main website doesn't show this article...
it's still focused on the fact that our country has been attacked in an act of war
Get your Unix fortune now!
But consider yourself +5 Insightfull / Troll 8)
It takes 40+ muscles to frown, but only four to extend your arm and bitchslap the motherfucker
If others have this as the way to "come back" into reality, let them be.
I want to know about those Maxtor Drives.
OK It's a big tragedy, WTO has fallen, 2 insurance agents got heartbraking news (Hey Boy, Remember when you signed that contract for that building 8)
Now Move, go to work, read the Ultra Webpages and people ranting about revenge.
I will learn about Magneto Resistive and try to cotinue my life.
Thank you.
It takes 40+ muscles to frown, but only four to extend your arm and bitchslap the motherfucker
I'm ambivalent about whether the Slashdot community donating blood is a good thing.
On the one hand, the risk of HIV is practically nil. There's no one cool enough to do drugs, and the biggest sexual risk anyone here faces is spunking on their keyboard.
On the other hand, the cholesterol level is probably so high, any receipient of this blood would have to worry about a heart attack.
If there was a UNIX administrator in the buildings, I am sad.
props to all dead homiez
Now somebody please moderate us both offtopic.
Pants are still optional, but recommended for you.
Sometimes I think that being a \. editor must be as gratifying as a dentist. ;-) Good luck to your friends.
Inaction is no help at all. Either go out there and help dig through the wreckage yourself (if you are trained for such work) or get on with your life, having everyone just sit around in constant shock does not help our country and does a disservice to those who died.
Do what you can (I donated money to the Red Cross via the helpful PayPal link) but keep moving forward, and find a productive way to honor the memory of those who are gone and to help those remaining.
It is showing the utmost respect to keep the country strong and show everyone that even an event of this mangntude cannot break us!
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
But I'm not afraid to look stupid :)
I have a very old (in tech years) computer that was unable to use an 80 gig hard drive unless it was partitioned to 'look' smaller (effectively losing several gigs of hardware space). Anyone have a guess as to whether 'useable on existing computers' will apply to my 300mHz dinosaur, or is it time to retire it to the hardware pasture in my closet?
Denver Isuzu Suzuki