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Philip's SFFO 3cm 4Gig Optical Discs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the can-i-use-it-in-vending-machines dept.

JL writes "New Scientist reports that Philips has a demonstration in Japan recently of a 3cm rewritable optical disc that can store four gigabytes. The drive is small too!" Interesting that they note that 4 gigs can store 5 2 hour movies on the thing :)

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  1. Units of Storage by Mignon · · Score: 5, Funny
    Interesting that they note that 4 gigs can store 5 2 hour movies on the thing :)

    Indeed. How many Libraries of Congress is that, anyway?

  2. hm by dusanv · · Score: 5, Funny

    Philip's SFFO 3cm 4Gig Optical Discs

    That Philip is a mighty smart guy. I wish I could make optical discs.

    1. Re:hm by squiggleslash · · Score: 5, Funny

      You should see the screwdriver he designed...

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  3. Obligatory pr0n reference by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    2G of pr0n in 3cm! Wow, that's smaller than my... oh, never mind.

  4. Re:WHY? by SpitFU · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, kinda like a DVD player on your Dell PowerEdge 1650 or Sun Microsystems E250. Or even your 12 inch active matrix display on a laptop showing Lord of the Rings.

    -Heh

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  5. Men In Black? by Psiren · · Score: 3, Funny

    So Tommy Lee jones was right, that small disc he held *is* going to replace the CD someday... ;-)

  6. Re:This has been covered already. by LondonLawyer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, last time this was posted as news the disc was billed as being coin sized. Some guy here apparently has a habit of rolling naked on his money (seems strange to me too). More interesting/funny was a comment about pushing quarters into the slot on your machine to pay for goods online. Future tech support headache on its way - this will take over from broken cup holders on your ROM drive.

  7. HOLY SHIT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    AWESOME! 5252210 hours of movies! KICK ASS!

  8. Re:3 cm? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hmm... of course, if you can hide them under a coffee cup, then they become quite useless as coasters. Once AOL moves to this format, what possible use will we have for their free discs?

  9. Agent K by SupahVee · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Here's a nifty little gadget, (holding up small, silver-dollar sized, CD) It's gonna replace CD's soon. Guess I'll have to buy the White ALbum again."

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  10. Damn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Maybe we'll get lucky, and fashion will allow men to wear 3cm round, shiny, disc like ear rings?

    That, or jam them into vending machines.

  11. Re:Too Risky! by Ctrl-Z · · Score: 4, Funny


    I think that if you held a spinning bicycle wheel by the spokes you would either get sore fingers or get dizzy really fast.

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  12. Slashdot Units by Cpt_Kirks · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let us put this in the proper context for /.

    The disks will hold *** 10 HOURS OF PORN! ***

    Now, see how simple that is?

  13. Re:3cm = No Corporate Security by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or, just send secret corporate data to your own computer using this really neat thing called THE INTERNET. :)

  14. This Just In by Snork+Asaurus · · Score: 4, Funny
    As a result of intensive lobbying by the RIAA and MPAA an emergency bill was passed in Congress today. The bill, known as the Fervently Undoing Computing Capabilities of all Users act (F.U.C.C. U.), requires that each copy of the disk, code-named HWN (Hillary's Worst Nightmare), contain special embedded DRM software developed by Microsoft (motto: bend over, we got your DRM right here!) that includes the user's entire DNA sequence and will only be useable on special drives and computers that adhere to the PC (19)84 specification and run the forthcoming MS Palladium (rommed edition) operating system.

    "There will be some small loss of space on the disc itself as a result", said congressman Payme Goode, "but the disc will still have abundant free space, a good 1.44 Meg, available for the end-user's data".

    Any purchaser of the disc will require a license. In order to apply for the license, the applicant must first submit to a thorough background check and will be profiled and fingerprinted by the authorities. Once granted a license to use this dangerous technology, the licensee will be required to carry the license at all times or face a penalty of 50 years in prison with no parole.

    "We think that this is a very fair and equitable act", Hilary Rosen was quoted as saying, "It nicely balances the rights of the individual user against the recording and motion picture industries' rights to ensure that all digital technology is hobbled to the point of being useless".

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