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Western Digital Announces 200 Gig Drives
twilightzero writes "Video capture fanatics and pr0n moguls, rejoice! Today marks the official release of the Western Digital 200 GB hard drive! Never again run out of space for your X-10 video stream of the neighbor's house! See the graphic, specs, and press release. This also marks the release of WD drives using fluid dynamic bearings rather than the old BB type." The glorious march of technology continues forward, and digital video fans rejoice. Update: 07/26 03:34 GMT by M : Headline corrected. Taco's at a conference, cut him a little slack.
This 20 megger is beginning to feel cramped. I might even be able to upgrade to MS DOS 5.0!
*(ok, maybe not goodness, depending on your point of view ;-)
Intel today announced the availability of the Athlon 3000XP!
I did not come up with the following, but found it somewhere in here.
...)
Our yellow sun yields to the dark
as I begin my web based lark
Flowing, turning, through the pipe
I grep for text and dump the hype...
But as I ride the fiber trail
I test my faith as I read my mail,
Even as my bandwidth fattens,
I question life and 1-click patents...
Although I ask, and though I query,
I know the truth, I grock the theory
Life is a multimedia of sins
so he who collects the most pr0n wins.
(must not laugh
Maybe the platters are smaller and smaller as they go up, forming a stylish cone. Leaving 200 gigs, no 240...
Hey, now
Instead of piping bytes from /dev/null have it repeat instances of something like the Copyright Law or the DMCA.
For kicks, get sued by the MPAA/RIAA and get them to open your files in something like notepad - in court. Smack them with a countersuit for being insanely stupid (which you're bound to win for obvious reasons), retire and live happily ever after, knowing that you've done us all a big favor.
We do not live in the 21st century. We live in the 20 second century.
Backing up this sucker ought to be fun. Hmm, I only need 138,888 floppies! Lessee, at the rate of one floppy inserted a minute, that'll take me over 96 days straight!
If I get started right away, I'll be well prepared for the inevitable HD crash that will follow my installation of WinXP SP-1.
There are two kinds of people: 1) those who start arrays with one and 1) those who start them with zero.
What I want to know is how they made a 200GB hard drive with 60GB platters. Doesn't seem to add up.
Easy. Large values of 60 or small values of 200.
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pants ahoy
Yeah, Taco's grammar, spelling, punctuation, and fact-checking abilities are severely impaired by all the Linux Bong-Hits he's been doing.
When he returns on Monday, he'll be back in top form!
- A.P.
"Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
I've probably got enough hard drive space to last me another 5 years
Or until you *finally* decide to upgrade Windows...
I pledge allegiance to the flag...
of the Corporate States of America...
...compared to the new Ford Exorbitant.
Still not enough space to rip my whole CD collection. Guess I'll just keep listening to them on my phat stereo, the way music should be! :)
It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
DEVO-Drives?
Now THERE's a new one: a hard drive manufacturer rounding DOWN!
Microsoft after hearing about western digital's announcement of a 200 GB drive decided to finally release the much anticipated Office 2002 with Drive Morph. No longer do you have to deal with empty sectors on your hard drive, Office 2002 with drive morph will fill the drive you install it on...
no more 1.6 GB office installations for me 8)