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1.5 TB DVD by 2010

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-we're-getting-somewhere dept.

prostoalex writes "The consortium of three universities and four Japanese companies is investing $25M into a project, that is supposed to deliver a 1.5 TB (that's a terabyte and a half) Digital Versatile Disk by 2010. The Inquirer story quotes multiple layers being used for storage." More importantly, they claim that this will be backwards compatible to existing DVD technology.

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  1. Hmm... by dachang · · Score: 0, Funny

    Think about all the porn you can put on this thing...

    Sweet...

  2. And in other news... by inteller · · Score: 3, Funny

    The same Japanese universities plan to store the entire Intarnet(tm) on one DoCoMo 6G 10Ghz cell phone using an old bubble gum wrapper and a used condom by the year 2020.

  3. well thats all well and good but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Does anyone else think thats too much to be carrying around in the palm of your hands? and how long would that take to create? it seems like by the timeit was finished the data on the disk would already be outdated...

    1. Re:well thats all well and good but... by docbrown42 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Porn never gets outdated.

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  4. In other news.... by Em+Emalb · · Score: 3, Funny

    snip snip

    "It will also be backwards compatible with standard DVDs, the reports said, with its storage ability equivalent to around 300 DVDs using the current format"

    This new technology will drive you to work, make love to your frigid wife, baby-sit the kids, wash the dog and the car. Yes, folks, the year 2010 will be a great one. All thanks to this DVD and $25mil.

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  5. More interestingly, the article states: by jhampson · · Score: 5, Funny

    "* BY 2010, according to senior Intel architects, a CPU will have processing power equivalent to the brain of a bumble bee."
    Wow. Woweewow.
    Imagine a beowulf cluster of those.
    Oh. Wait. I have one of those in my back yard.

    1. Re:More interestingly, the article states: by orangesquid · · Score: 5, Funny

      Top ten modal dialogs in Windows DS/2010:

      (10) WINVIEW: Error reading "cum lolitas.jpg". This problem has been automatically reported to Microsoft with a full profile of your computer.

      (9) Due to overwhelming user request, "Clippy and his Crew" are now an integral part of the operating system and can not be disabled.

      (8) Corruption in ADVERTIS.DLL. Windows halted.

      (7) You have been idle or unproductive for the last thirty seconds. Activating HIVE parallel processing...

      (6) HIVE .NET connection failed. Please unisntall any non-Microsoft software and try again.

      (5) Application terminated unexpectedly. Please do not blame this on Microsoft again.

      (4) Give me more honey!

      (3) Give me more, honey!

      (2) Wrong BigDVD key. Stinger engaged.

      (1) DRM violation detected. Replacing your yellow-and-black stripes with black-and-white ones, please wait...

      Top Linux 3.4 kernel boot message:

      iBee processor (986) detected.
      DRM extension detected, workaround enabled.

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  6. TB GB MB Is Obsolete by robbyjo · · Score: 4, Funny

    The trend unit is "how many equivalents of library of congress" does it hold?

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  7. Slashdot can teach us many things by addps4cat · · Score: 5, Funny

    1.5 TB (that's a terabyte and a half)


    Thanks captain obvious!
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    1. Re:Slashdot can teach us many things by ottffssent · · Score: 4, Funny

      At least you don't see "that's equivalent to a stack of paper stretching from the earth to the sun 12 times" in magazines anymore.

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  8. Nice quote from the article... by MonTemplar · · Score: 3, Funny
    • * BY 2010, according to senior Intel architects, a CPU will have processing power equivalent to the brain of a bumble bee.


    Hmm... so what that make my Pentium III equivalent to? A cockroach? :)

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    1. Re:Nice quote from the article... by Stonent1 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Your Pentium III will be equivalent to a prion, perhaps an amoeba, or a damaged/diseased sperm cell forever searching to impregnate the first cell it "sees".

      Thats the funniest thing I've read in a long time. I can't wait to use it against someone. (Where they think that it is a complement) "You're as smart as my 1.2Ghz Pentium III!"

  9. Re:Nice to see the correct name by aengblom · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seems like everyone thinks the V in DVD stands for video.

    I think it stands for vapor now

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  10. LOTR 3 in 1 by Scrameustache · · Score: 3, Funny
    So the LOTR extended footage 3-in-1 complete story on one DVD is due out in 2010 then? Damn...7 more years to wait!

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  11. LOTR Full Set by Aggrazel · · Score: 3, Funny

    WOW! 1.5 TB!

    That ought to be just enough to hold the LotR collectors edition with all 3 special editions, all 3 regular editions, and 56.2 hours of special footage detailing every aspect of every actors life, and every thought that went through Peter Jackson's head in the last 12 years (not to mention, Sean Astin's 6 hours of bitching about how his hobbit sized underwear kept riding up while filming) all on ONE DVD! In both Widescreen and Fullscreen formats!

    Awesome!

    1. Re:LOTR Full Set by mcmonkey · · Score: 3, Funny

      But The Silmarillion deals with the history of Middle Earth before the events in the LOTR. So would the current movies actually be 4, 5, and 6 in the series?

      Just don't tell me it turns out Sauron is Frodo's father.

      I said, DON'T TELL ME!!

  12. oh, thanks a lot by Twirlip+of+the+Mists · · Score: 5, Funny

    supposed to deliver a 1.5 TB (that's a terabyte and a half)

    This reminds me of a quote from an old Sports Night episode. They were talking about Mt. Everest, I think.

    Guy #1: "Twenty-nine thousand feet. Can you imagine how high that is?"

    Guy #2: "It's 29,000 feet."

    Guy #1: "Yeah, but you've got to put it in perspective. Compare it to something you can visualize."

    Guy #2: (beat) "It's 29,000 rulers."

    Thanks for the clarification, guys.

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  13. Bah! by Strange+Ranger · · Score: 3, Funny


    Can't fool me. If they were serious they'd have said 1.44 TB.

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  14. In 10 Years..... by jwilcox154 · · Score: 2, Funny

    It would take that whole disk just to hold the M$ Window$ Installation files.

  15. Re:Nice to see the correct name by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh come on, everyone knows it stands for 'Valenti'.

    Correct, the full name of course being Die, Valenti, Die.