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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. Unfortunately by efedora · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No one needs the space because by 2010 all digital material is covered by copyrights - which have been extended for 250 years.

  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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    So close and yet so far from the world's perfect ID number
  5. 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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