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

    1x of course.

    ;-)

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  4. 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