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Atomic Scale Memory
maddugan writes "Technology Research News is reporting that researchers from the University of Wisconsin at Madison have put the theoretical to the test by using single silicon atoms to represent the 1s and 0s of computing. This is equivalent to storing the contents of 7,800 DVDs in one square inch of material."
I predict 20 posts joking about how this memory will improve the performance of the next version of Windows, or being just barely enough for the next version of Windows.
I'll only need 5 drawers for my Pr0n collection now!
Code, Hardware, stuff like that.
Gives a whole new meaning to the term "atomic transactions"!
"I don't know that atheists should be considered citizens, nor should they be considered patriots." - George Bush
I wonder how long it'll be before the *AA asks for a tax on atoms "to offset the costs of piracy".
Oh man are those guys gonna be pissed.
-S
--- What parts of "shall make no law", "shall not be infringed", and "shall not be violated" don't you understand?
"7,800 DVDs ought to be enough for anybody" - loconet 2002
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.. mirror Kaaza just in case it goes offline.
Live web cams
Techie: Um, we've lost the corporate file server.
Boss: You mean it crashed?
Techie: No, it's working fine. We just can't find it.
"from the quarks-coming-next dept."
Dude, quarks have a hard enough time remembering where they are themselves! Why would you expect them to remember stuff for us as well?
I dunno. I measure everything in football fields.
this has for porn collecting?!?! It may soon become possible for the individual to afford enough storage, to have every single piece of pornography ever created by human beings since the beginning of time.
I have no words.
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taken! (by Davidleeroth) Thanks Bingo Foo!
Great, my desk is already cluttered with all my computer stuff, scanners, printers, hubs, etc. Where am I going to find space for a scanning tunneling electron microscope?