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320GB Hard Drives announced

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the are-we-there-yet-mommy dept.

SparkyTWP writes "Maxtor has once again shown the world that we need more room for porn by announcing new IDE hard drives with capacities of up to 320GB. Prices will be between $300 and $400 and be commercially available by the end of the year."

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  1. Oh great... by MadKeithV · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I'll have 20k of useful e-mails, but a trash folder with 319Gb of spam.

  2. Re:Geezzzz... by phunhippy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now the big question is: how do I back this up?

    with DVD-TB mode which will be the 56th variant on the DVD format standard of course!

  3. Isn't that backwards? by cperciva · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maxtor has once again shown the world that we need more room for porn

    Shouldn't that be "Maxtor has once again shown the world that we need more porn in order to fill the available space"?

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    1. Re:Isn't that backwards? by rfsayre · · Score: 3, Funny

      Shouldn't that be "Maxtor has once again shown the world that we need more porn in order to fill the available space"?

      No, I think it's supposed to be "Porn expands to fill the space available for its storage."

    2. Re:Isn't that backwards? by bracher · · Score: 3, Funny

      I don't know, I could probably fill 320GB with just the porn _spam_ I've received in the last few months.

  4. Re:More porn? by pizza_milkshake · · Score: 4, Funny
    Seriously though- pornography is not healthy. It tends to make think nasty thoughts and do nasty things- it is not good for the mind. I know it gets joked about a lot here, but that's the truth.
    hey, i just got 4GB of pr0n last weekend (wget++), and i haven't done anything nasty all morning.

    aw shit, i just posted on /. -- i guess you're right, it does make you do bad things :(

  5. Re:Can you fudge a RAID with this thing? by OrangeSpyderMan · · Score: 3, Funny

    He's thinking of RA1D - redundant array of 1 disk:-D

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  6. Godwin's Law by dave_mcmillen · · Score: 3, Funny

    To argue that this is wrong because of defeating the DVD CSS in a DMCA-defying act is like arguing it's suddenly O.K. to roast Jews because Nazis in power passed a law saying so. (Yes, yes, Godwin's Law, and the concentration camps' purpose was somewhat hidden from the populace, so the analogy isn't perfect).

    For the information of those, like me, who had never heard of Godwin's Law, it states: "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."