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Philips Blue Laser Itty Bitty Disc Drive

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the little-is-better dept.

Acid-F1ux writes "Over at news.com they are running a story about how Philips is demonstrating a prototype miniature disc drive that uses a coin-size disc capable of storing nearly twice as much data as a standard-sized CD. "

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  1. Poker nightmare by Johnso · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine getting drunk, playing cards with your friends, and accidentally placing your pr0n collection as ante instead of a quarter...

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    1. Re:Poker nightmare by Servo5678 · · Score: 4, Funny
      Imagine getting drunk, playing cards with your friends, and accidentally placing your pr0n collection as ante instead of a quarter...

      Actually, that might be a convenient way to bet.

      "I'll see your $5 and raise you my pr0n stash..."

    2. Re:Poker nightmare by BoBaBrain · · Score: 5, Funny

      Imagine getting drunk, playing cards with your friends, and accidentally placing your pr0n collection as ante instead of a quarter...


      I doubt you could lose...

      You wouldn't get much use from over 1G pr0n unless you had a great hand. :P

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    3. Re:Poker nightmare by curunir · · Score: 4, Funny

      ...unless you had a great hand...

      well, you'd definitely have a straight and you might be a little flush to boot.

      ...but given the nature of pr0n, you'd probably be looking at a full house (queens over/under kings).

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  2. Tech Support nightmare... by InspectorZero · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd hate to work in tech support after this technology starts proliferating...

    Instead of: "The cup holder on my computer is broken!"

    It will become: "The coin slot on my computer ate my quarter! I was just trying to pay for my Amazon order in cash..."

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  3. Eh... by Paradoxish · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The technology is pretty damn cool, but it's like every other bit of cool technology we hear about - more than likely it'll take years before it's in wide-spread use. In this case, I don't really see the point though. A DVD can hold much more information and because of that my DVD drive is good for playing discs that contain movies, lots of media, games, regular CDs, whatever. There's no reason to add another (smaller) data storage format to the PC... ...and in the case of other consumer-level products that might use this: what's the point? The main use for CDs right now is to hold audio, but the vast majority of artists can't even fill a CD with music. So, really, what's the point? (by the way, I AM aware that the technology is cool, I just think that making a tiny disc that doesn't offer any real storage advantage was a poor choice to make use of it)

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  4. Top worries about small drives by Dark+Paladin · · Score: 4, Funny
    On the one side, this is cool as hell. On the other side, what about...

    • Honey, get the Ex-Lax - your daughter has swallowed her Pokemon Music disk again!
    • No, I'm looking looking for spare change in the seat cushions, I'm looking for my Nirvana CD.
    • 1300 MB of storage space...and they still split all the Queen songs I really want across 3 CD's.
    • Ah, now to drink a nice Mountain Dew and listen to my music - shit, I just used my CD instead of a quarter.
    • AOL CD's are now air dropped over your house instead of the mail - their small size lets them flutter down like little, shiny snowflakes.
    • Ever have a problem when you're lying naked on your money, and you accidently get a dime stuck in the crack of your ass? This is much worse.
    • The CD's aren't just the size of a postage stamp - they become the postage stamp.
    • 650 MB Gameboy Advance games - no, wait, that's a good thing. (Seriously - imagine putting Final Fantasy VIII on one of those suckers...Hand held Selphie lovin'.)


    Just some ideas.
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  5. I just wanna do backups! by DNAGuy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Can somebody please just come up with a convenient, inexpensive storage medium that allows me to back up these giant (~100GB) hard drives. I haven't had a decent backup medium in years and the commercial stuff is far too expensive for the average consumer.

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  6. Microdrive killer? by Fulcrum+of+Evil · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If there things cost less than $20, they'd totally wipe out the microdrive niche for high-end cameras - who cares if each picture takes 20MB when i've got 5 of these in my pocket.

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  7. Minidisc? by Christianfreak · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This looks pretty cool but one has to wonder if it will make it or if it will go the way of the minidisc. I guess the market will decide, but right now CD's are pretty entrenched (even with the MP3 players that are out now).

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    1. Re:Minidisc? by Graspee_Leemoor · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Er, what's 'the way of the minidisc'?"

      'The Way of the Minidisc' is an ancient book by Tendo Musashi on the noble art of copyright-infringment.

      In the middle ages he and his loyal followers infuriated Feudal Lords by ripping off all their kareoke albums (for great justice!).

      graspee

  8. Re:Speed? by ImaLamer · · Score: 5, Funny

    1x of course.

    ;-)

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  9. Itty Bitty Disc Drive? by sharkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will it come with an itty-bitty felt-tip pen so I can listen to the content of the discs?

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