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One Terabyte On a 12-inch^H^H^H^Hcm Disk

News for nerds writes: "At InterOpto'02 - international optoelectronics exhibition hold in Chiba, Japan - OPTWARE Co.Ltd. made up of ex-Sony engineers, demoed(in Japanese) 1-terabyte super-high speed optical disk system "T-VRD." It uses hologram and stores 1 terabyte data in a 12-cm-CD-size disc, with 100Mbps - 1Gbps transfer rate. Available in 2003 as 19-inch rackmount, 2005 for PC." Update: 07/16 18:33 GMT by T : Sorry, that's centimeters, not inches, which is of course even better ;)

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  2. Anyone read Japanese? by Andy+Dodd · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    For all we know, the page could be saying, "look at all those Slashdot fools who thing that this page actually contains information, HA HA HA!!!"

    It would be very impressive if this is for real... Question is how much will it cost, will it be recordable, etc?

    i.e. does it have any showstoppers that will prevent it from making Philips' blue laser disc technology stillborn?

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  3. Re:12 cm or 12 inch? by CerebusUS · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Fuck it. I tried to reply twice and got filtered based on time.

  4. Re:point? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You've all been trolled!

  5. Re:cm to in. by __aaklbk2114 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Damn! Where are my mod points! +1 Funny!

  6. MODERATORS ON CRACK! FIX PLZ K THX by rasactive · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and this is a troll how?

  7. Offtopic: Can everyone do me a favor... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    I would be most appreciative!

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  8. Aw yeah? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sorry, that's centimeters, not inches, which is of course even better ;)

    Your girlfriend says different.

  9. Re:12 cm or 12 inch? by scott1853 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I don't know about blondes, but brunettes don't fall for the ol' "it's not the size the matters" line.

  10. Re:12 cm or 12 inch? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    obBlondeJokes
    Q: A blond going to London on a plane, how can you steal her window seat?
    A: Tell her the seats that are going to London are all in the middle row.
    Q: WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN A BLOND THROWS A PIN AT YOU?
    A: Run like Hell....she's got a hand grenade in her mouth.
    Q: How do you make a blond laugh on Saturday?
    A: Tell her a joke on Wednesday.
    Q: Why do blonds work seven days a week?
    A: So you don't have to retrain them on Monday.
    Q: What did the blond do when she noticed that someone had already written on the overhead transparency?
    A: She turned it over and used the other side.
    Q: How do you confuse a blond?
    A: You don't. They're born that way.
    Q: How do you keep a blond busy?
    A: Write 'Please turn over' on both sides of a piece of paper.
    Q: Why can't blonds make ice cubes?
    A: They always forget the recipe.
    Q: How did the blond try to kill the bird?
    A: She threw it off a cliff.
    Q: Why did 18 blonds go to a movie?
    A: because under 18 was not allowed !!!
    Q: What's the difference between a blond and a computer?
    A: You only have to punch information into a computer once.
    Q: Why do men like blond jokes??
    A: Because they can understand them.
    Q: What does a blond say when you ask her if her blinker is on?
    A: It's on. It's off. It's on. It's off. It's on. It's off.
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    A: Change.
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    A: A wind tunnel.
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    A: A visitor.
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    A: Gifted!
    Q: What do you see when you look into a blond's eyes?
    A: The back of her head.
    Q: Why are blonds hurt by peoples words?
    A: Because people keep hitting them with dictionaries.
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    A: When you have a tire pump to reinflate it!
    Q: Whats the difference between a blond and a Supermarket Trolley ?
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    Q: A blond ordered a pizza and the clerk asked if he should cut it in six or twelve pieces.
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    Q: SOMEONE ASKED IF A blond BELEIVED IN SMOKING.
    A: She said "Yes, I've seen it done."
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  11. Re:12 cm or 12 inch? by Alsee · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What's the difference between a blond and a Porsche?
    You don't loan a Porsche to your friends.

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  12. Re:12 cm or 12 inch? by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A blonde woman doesn't get much respect from her boss because he thinks she is stupid. So she decides to study a few things and see if she can earn his respect. A few days later, she passes her boss's office and asks him to name a state, and she'll tell him the capital of it. He says "Okay... Wyoming."

    The woman paused for a moment to recall the answer. Suddenly her eyes lit up, she had the answer at last: "W?"

  13. LOL! I got a -1 OffTopic! by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I find that amusing. Some moderator thought that this comment was 'OffTopic'. To that moderator, let me quote something from the Slashdot FAQ:

    "If You Can't Be Deep, Be Funny: If you don't have something truly developing to the topic, some humor is welcome. Humor is lacking in our lives and will continue to be promoted. Remember though, what rips your sides out may be completely inane to somebody else."

    It can be found under the question: "How can I improve my karma?"

    I would highly recommend that whoever modded me down take a look at that FAQ first.

    1. Re:LOL! I got a -1 OffTopic! by SoLoatWork · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Maybe he/she thought the joke was "completely inane"?

    2. Re:LOL! I got a -1 OffTopic! by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      That's possible. Had the moderation been 'Overrated' (and I did get one of those) I wouldn't have posted that.

    3. Re:LOL! I got a -1 OffTopic! by NanoGator · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Wow dude, now you're getting 'Off Topic' mods for challening a moderation to your post that was on topic?

      Why is challenging a moderation off-topic? Why does that result in a mod but no response? I'm serious here. The AC's original comment was a sarcastic response to the article, not some out of the blue topic change. When he got modded down, he pointed that out and challenged the validity of the moderation. Then he got modded down again. That's off-topic? The proper thing to do would have either been for a moderator to fix the crappy moderation, or for the moderator who modded him down to explain why.

      I know, I'm going to get modded as 'off-topic' as well. I was only aiming for a little understanding here. I hope at least one person reads this and performs more helpful moderations down the road.

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    4. Re:LOL! I got a -1 OffTopic! by NanoGator · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Um right.

      Moderation is an expression of how one person interprets a post. By commenting on the moderation, you are seeking clarification. There is no difference between saying "Why was I modded down?" and "What did you mean by that?"

      The explanation you gave me is a cop-out for people with moderation points to burn. You're playing games with semantics. Duh.

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    5. Re:LOL! I got a -1 OffTopic! by NeMon'ess · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Nevertheless its pretty lame that someone is going to waste moderation points on a comment questioning the fairness of moderation. There's so many better uses for that mod point. It makes me think there's an administrator who refuses to see the humor here. Hence my sig.

    6. Re:LOL! I got a -1 OffTopic! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You don't have a sig.

    7. Re:LOL! I got a -1 OffTopic! by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yes he does.

    8. Re:LOL! I got a -1 OffTopic! by NeMon'ess · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      at the risk of insulting your intelligence, you might want to post without the +1 bonus when replying to not especially important threads. or threads whose parents are +1 or 0

    9. Re:LOL! I got a -1 OffTopic! by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      You know, many people have informed me of that, you are the only one who has done it tactfully. For that, I thank you.

      I do use that button sometimes. Unfortunately, sometimes when I run into the 120 second limit and things get farqed. Oh well. T'was an interesting day karma wise. One post alone (the one about blondes not knowing the difference...) so far has had 13 moderations. Fun stuff, eh? :)

      Again, thanks for being polite, it is in such short supply here.

    10. Re:LOL! I got a -1 OffTopic! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Parent is insightful and not off-topic?

    11. Re:LOL! I got a -1 OffTopic! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      I'm not playing games. Someone asked a question and I answered it. You may not like the answer and I think you already knew the answer, but it's still true.

      The topic is "One Terabyte On a 12cm Disk". Whining about being how someone used moderation points is off topic. It's not a matter of sematics. It's a fact. After first posts, whining about moderations is the next biggest source of noise in the comments. It's amazing how much ego some people have wrapped up in karma. If you get modded down, take the hint, and start posting stuff that people want to read. I think that's in the FAQ too.

      Feel free to mark this post "-1 offtopic". I wish I could post from my real account and click a "-1 offtopic" to start. Then everyone could post offtopic, not worry about karma and have it correctly scored. I suppose I could just make an offtopic account, post my worthless stuff from there.

    12. Re:LOL! I got a -1 OffTopic! by NanoGator · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I'm not taking back the comment about semantic games. You're WRONG.

      "The topic is "One Terabyte On a 12cm Disk"."

      No. The topic is what the article covered. You can talk about the media itself, that's on topic. You can talk about quotes in the article, that's on topic. You can make fun of the sudden correction in the headline, that's on topic. In this particular case, the moderator that modded the AC down had a very strict idea (just like you do) about what is on-topic. He actually used the subject of the article in his post and he still got an offtopic moderation for it. Did you look at the mods he got? He didn't challenge the 'overrated' mods, he challenged the offtopic one. It was wrong. He had every right to fight it. The answer is not to have the users 'just take it and move on'.

      Modding a comment as funny is basically the moderator's way of expressing "This comment was funny.", or in other words, he's expressing his point of view. If somebody responds to one of my posts and says "no, your idea won't work.", then it is not Off-Topic to say "Why don't you think my idea will work?" There isn't a difference there. So if I a moderator makes a moderation that I find confusing, there should be no punishment for asking why. Instead, the right thing to do is for the moderator (or anybody else who knows the answer) to pipe in and say "he probably thought you meant something else. Your wording is a little ambiguous." That is so much better than modding me down to shut me up.

      Seeing as how Slashdot provides us with 0 ways of reporting bad moderations, then you're just going to have to shut up and deal with the noise it generates.

      There might be a solution that makes us both happy: Create a forum dedicated to challening bad moderations. Got a questionable moderation? Think you can provide concise proof that the moderation sucked? (or want to know if it was misinterpretable?) Go post over there and keep it out of the main discussion area. That way you don't get your noise, and when I get mod bombed I can do something about it.

      Whatcha think of that?

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      "Derp de derp."
    13. Re:LOL! I got a -1 OffTopic! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      So why don't you just get the hell out of Slashdot and go to kuro5hin? Better moderation isn't the only benefit.

    14. Re:LOL! I got a -1 OffTopic! by Bnonn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Seems like Slashdot isn't the best place for you, since you're looking for politeness, fair moderation and, apparently, people with a sense of humour. Not to say you can't find it here, but have you tried kuro5hin?

    15. Re:LOL! I got a -1 OffTopic! by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Looking into it now, thanks! :)

      I'm not anti-Slashdot, I just think a moderator or two needs to be a little more open minded and stop being so literal. I wouldn't blame the whole site for that.

      To be honest, though, I wish all the 'i hate microsoft' posts would die down. Too many people doing that just because it makes them cool. It's not inspiring people to be informed. Heh. :)

  14. Re:cm to in. by Iamthefallen · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This is slashdot, you are only allowed to rehash the text that is in the story, do not discuss outside the text, draw conclusions, make jokes or otherwise stray from the immediate specific article, or we (the insane offtopic-moderators union) will have to take action, thank you.

    One of my colleagues will be by shortly to moderate both you and me offtopic for daring to use slashdot to comment comments and moderations, I think we all learned something from this.

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  15. I was mod-bombed... by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't worry about it dude, I was mod bombed. heh. 3 of my posts in this thread were modded down as 'OffTopic' all within a minute of each other. Somebody out there just doesn't like me today and burned their mod points to 'teach me a lesson'. Too bad they won't reveal who they are. The word 'coward' springs to mind.

    Joke's on them, though: They used up all their mod points, and I'm still posting at +2 heh.

  16. forecasts of the future! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    some day, the ^H^H^H^H^H and other related strings will be seen as the equivelent of 1337 5p34k1nG d0odz talk of years not that far removed from this period. It might also contain an abundance of those who truly detested such nonsense after about the first week of seeing it, the same way they got sick of 1337 speak.

    No seriously, if it bothers you... ignore it. If my saying it bothers me or just make fun of it while it does not bother me... just ignore that. But please, PLEASE, don't sound like a broken record saying that it is different from 1337 speak and giving some stupid self defacing reason

  17. Re:cm to in. by Iamthefallen · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Yes, but sometimes moderations are so off that it's worth paying attention to them, the -1 offtopic moderations being such a plague, it's used randomly for trolls, flamebaits, funny comments or other things that are on a slight tangent off the topic

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  19. Goatse.cx man storage by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    He slides in 10^69 molecules per thrust- how much more bandwidth do you need?

  20. Re:your .sig by NanoGator · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Heh. My coworker had me type 'make love'. The response was like "unable to make love". heh. That was a while ago, I don't think it works today, but it was funny. :)

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