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Toshiba Develops 0.85'' Hard Disk
onebuttonmouse writes "Toshiba have set a new record for the world's smallest hard disk at a tiny 0.85". Surely this will have some great applications in mobile devices, although the article does not mention power consumption. It'd be great if this made it into the iPod like the 1.5" Toshiba drive that resides in the current models."
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it would be great if this made it into an ipod!!
no, not really.
this disk holds, it isn't worth it.
I guess it's true what they say about asians...
They make some amazing laptops. Not only do they make 90% of the parts they remind me of Apple on the eligance of their laptops.. The new 359 series laptops are slick 15.4 inch wide screen monsters, for a grand it gives you a 1.4ghz centrino (1mb cache) geforce fx 5200, 40gb hd, 15.4 wide screen, 512mb ddr, and all inside a incredible 5lbs machine!
very slick, plus up to 7hours battery life!
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Bob Goatse, semi-mythical figure and regular guest on the FC Forum, spoke to our special reporter in a telephone interview from his home on the Christmas Islands. ...OK, Bob. Much like Mahir and the the 'All Your Base' phenomenom, your fame is due to the internet. People think they know what you're like inside without getting to know the real you. Does that bother you?
FC-uk: Hello? Hello? Mr Goatse?
Bob Goatse: (muffled) Where's the cellphone? I thought I heard it.
FC-uk: Hello?
Bob Goatse: (sounds of movement) Agh. Hello? Who's this?
FC-uk: Mr Goatse, I'm Huw Jaersal, calling from the UK. We were going to do an interview?
Bob Goatse: Sure. I remember. Sorry 'bout the mixup - I couldn't find the phone.
FC-uk: Couldn't remember where you'd put it?
Bob Goatse: Couldn't reach it when it rang, actually. Had to jump a bit to get to it.
FC-uk: Ah. On a high shelf?
Bob Goatse: Not really. Let's not talk about my phone, huh?
FC-uk: Sure. You've become quite a celebrity, Mr Goatse...
Bob Goatse: Bob
FC-uk:
Bob Goatse: It's a bit of a stretch, I'll admit. I feel I've put more work into my reputation than the others. Opened myself up more, you know.
FC-uk: The others?
Bob Goatse: Mahir - I mean, all he had to do was scan in a couple cheesy photos, put some silly greeting on his site, and he's doing ads for IBM. All your base - like, where did that come from?
FC-uk: So that bothers you?
Bob Goatse: Do you see me doing ads for IBM?
FC-uk: Well, no, but...
Bob Goatse: Or Microsoft? 'Suddenly everything fits'?
FC-uk: You've got to admit there's a certain niche appeal in what you do. Have you explored the idea of sponsorship or publicity?
Bob Goatse: The genie's out of the bottle now, son. You have a skill, and then before you can take a breath it's been circulated all the way across the world. Let me tell you - I go to talent scouts, theatrical agents, and I tell them my name. Know what they say?
FC-uk: Ah, no.
Bob Goatse: They laugh. They say 'we've seen that already, thanks'. Then they hang up.
FC-uk: So, what's next then?
Bob Goatse: I had a Vegas tour arranged before the pictures got out. Vegas, for Chrissake. 'The Amazing Goatse and his Magical Secret Pocket' - had the flyers and everything. That's gone.
FC-uk: I heard you worked as a drug mule for a while?
Bob Goatse: Who told you that? Why do you think I'm living on the frigging Christmas Islands now, huh? Two trips from Columbia and I've flooded the market. The price of cocaine in the entire state of Ohio dropped to half because they didn't realise how much I could carry. The drug barons want to put a cap in my ass now.
FC-uk: To limit it?
Bob Goatse: No, I mean they want to kill me. They weren't happy.
FC-uk: OK, moving on. Tell us some more about Bob Goatse. Is there a Mrs Goatse?
Bob Goatse: There is. We've been together ten years now.
FC-uk: And how does she feel about you?
Bob Goatse: Carefully, with a lot of lube.
FC-uk: No, I meant, uh,
Bob Goatse: Oh, I getcha! She loves the fame, but it's kinda 'through a glass darkly'. I mean, she says 'my husbands a star - he's Bob Goatse' and if people don't already know us, they say 'Yeah? Prove it', so I do. And they don't come round any more.
FC-uk: So tell us some more about those photographs. How did it happen?
Bob Goatse: Allergy
FC-uk: Sorry?
Bob Goatse: I've got an allergy to poppy seeds.
Fc-uk: Is it serious?
Bob Goatse: Not really. It only seriously affects a band of flesh about six inches long.
FC-uk: Where?
Bob Goatse: You've seen the photos. Where do you think? It began one night when we'd been out for a meal. I came home, and I itched. All over. So I got out of my clothes and started scratching. Gwen (that's Mrs Goatse) thought this was hilarious, and she began taking pictures of me in the lounge, scratching like an ape with fleas. We'd just bought a digital camera, see, and she figured this was a great joke.
FC-uk: And then what happened?
Bob Goatse: The itchi
Are there other portable players that can use the 1.5" drive like the iPod? Preferrably one that can play Ogg and I can buy without the hard drive. I got a bunch of these laying around doing nothing.
...that we should post so much troll and doubt over so small a thing....
Such a little thing...