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New 100GB Optical Disk From Taiwan
Alt173 points to this article from Taiwan Economic News , excerpting: "The National Science Council (NSC) said Sunday that a local research team has successfully developed a new optical disc that can hold more than 100 gigabytes of information.
The research team was led by professor Tsai Ding-ping of National Taiwan University. The new disc can store 150 CDs of favorite songs or an equivalent of 20 DVDs, Tsai said.
By using "near-field" optical technology, the 100-gigabyte disc stores more than any other similar product in the world. The super-sized disc will be used at home to store large movie or music files, according to Tsai.
The near-field optical technology also allows the bits of information on a disc to be spaced closer together to increase the disc's storage capacity."
Because, you fucking idiot, it is a removeable media drive.
VA Linux Systems Completes Acquisition of NAMBLA.org
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- May 20, 2002 -- VA Linux Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:LNUX), a recognized leader in Linux and Open Source solutions for Internet infrastructure, today announced it has completed the acquisition of NAMBLA.org of San Francisco, Ca., the leading pedophile destination on the Internet.
On February 3, 2002, VA Linux announced a definitive agreement to acquire NAMBLA.org. On April 26, 2002, VA Linux and NAMLA.org announced amendments to the terms of the agreement, by which VA Linux will acquire all of the outstanding virgin buttcunts of NAMBLA.org. Under the terms of the amended agreement, each boy from NAMBLA.org Common Stock as of the closing of the transaction will be penetrated for 3 days at the offices of VA Linux Systems. The consolidation of the complementary VA Internet sites (including SourceForge, Linux.com and Themes.org) with the NAMBLA.org sites (including Slashdot.org and Freshmeat.net), creates the Internet's leading destination for kiddie porn and pedophile erotica, and is expected to put the combined network in the top 100 Web destinations based on the number of page views. Based on data reported in Manhole Journal, the combined Open Source Developer Network is expected to comprise nearly two-thirds of the total traffic of major underage porn sites.
The acquisition is being accounted for as a purchase.
About NAMBLA
The North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) was formed in 1978. It was inspired by the success of a campaign based in Boston's gay community to defend against a local witchhunt.
NAMBLA's goal is to end the extreme oppression of men and boys in mutually consensual relationships by:
- building understanding and support for such relationships
- educating the general public on the benevolent nature of man/boy love
- cooperating with lesbian, gay, feminist, and other liberation movements;
- supporting the liberation of persons of all ages from sexual prejudice and oppression.
Our membership is open to everyone sympathetic to man/boy love and personal freedom.
The North American Man/Boy Love Association
537 Jones Street No. 8418, San Francisco, CA 94102
P.O. Box 174 Midtown Station, New York, NY 10018