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IBM Says Polymer Memory Could Be Ready By 2005

prostoalex writes "Polymer memory is hardly anything new, and we already had HP and Princeton announcing their prototype. In a Forbes magazine article IBM promises polymer memory that's five times cheaper than current flash memory, and expects the first devices with polymer data storage systems to be delivered possibly by 2005. IBM's Zurich Lab published this article last year with description of Millipede."

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  2. FP! by bunkie · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp, yea buddy w00+

    1. Re:FP! by I+Feel+Like+Trolling · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      i really think the word CUNT is an awesome word. I really like CUNTS and I think that word just says it all. Yo, cunt! Hey cunt! Damn, I'd like to lick that cunt! I mean, it is almost as versatile as fuck, yet not used nearly enough. What do you think about that, cunts?

  3. The Racist Tapestry of Lord of the Rings! ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I don't imagine that it was the intention of the director or the producers of the Lord of the Rings films to paint a racist stereotypical tapestry over what could be described as a basic set of principles of humanity's behavior in the natural environment and with each other. However, the fact is that the only people of skin color in the entire three part series of films are all associated with the Dark Lord Sauron, the destruction of the earth and all of its occupants. Not to mention the elephant riding mercenaries that resemble the cultures of the Arab world as well as Africa, Persia and East Asia and the fact that the Monarch of the land of Rohan, King Theoden a white guy yelled out "You great warriors of the West" in the final part of his speech to rouse the troops into battle in the third film.

    In these times when a homicidal maniac from Texas (the Texas capital punishment policy under Bush) has stolen the American throne and called for a "crusade" against the "evil doers" in nations that white people have been invading, terrorizing, raping and pillaging in for 5000 years with zero provocation, I think we could manage some cultural sensitivity in our popular culture which one must acknowledge has a powerful propaganda affect on the general population that participates in it.

    Can you imagine how people of skin color, of Persian, Arab and East Asian ethnic background feel when they come out of these films where all the heroes are white and all the "evil doers" are of dark skin. Being married to an Asian American I watch people disregard my wife everyday while regarding me, simply because of her skin color. Being part of a European family that has lived on the North American continent for 400 years I've been lucky enough to gain perspective that when you create an evil character (Uruk-hai) that resembles native Americans as they have done in the Lord of the Rings films a great deal of cultural and racial alienation will occur.

    I am sure that once the filmmakers read this article there will be claims that they had to stay true to the story that J. R. R. Tolkien wrote, but the fact is, African and Asian cultures have always been a part of the European fabric whose ancient legends and fairy tales gave birth to J. R. R. Tolkien's epic portrayal of the battle between good and evil. And what about the Ancient Picts, a tattooed darker skinned cultured that once dominant in the UK. As someone who has grown up in one of the nation's of the Commonwealth of the British Empire, I know for a fact that J. R. R. Tolkien's generation were deeply influenced and thus deeply moved by all those people of skin color that fought alongside white members of the British forces in World War One and World War Two forming lifelong friendships and deep emotional ties.

    In fact all Europe's mathematics, reading and writing and technological advancements in transportation and warfare are all based on African and Asian concepts. The reason that Western medicine has not advanced to the enlightened technological level as Chinese herbal medicine and why most Western technology is diametrically opposed to all life on this planet, poisoning our air and water and causing widespread disease and death is for the simple fact that the Freemasons and the Church have not yet let go of the death grip they have on each other's throats. In other words, the enlightened knowledge that the church has attempted to destroy that the Freemasons attempted to save and capitalize on with Western patents has turned into a death struggle that has created destructive technological paradigms here in the West that are now being forced on the populations of the entire earth destabilizing life and bringing with them the pollution of the air and water that once existed only in Christendom.

    Of course there are redeeming images and ideas portrayed in the films such as the Ents protecting the forests by destroying the industrial military complex as well as the fact that white people can be turned to evil to join forces with all the evil dark skinne

    1. Re:The Racist Tapestry of Lord of the Rings! ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      Being married to an Asian American I watch people disregard my wife everyday while regarding me, simply because of her skin color.

      Ha! You're obviously a troll! Any white guy with an Asian wife or girlfriend knows that _she_ gets all the attention. (Drooling from white and black men, angry scowls from Asian men and white and black women and weird size-ups from Asian women.) Next time, do your homework!

    2. Re:The Racist Tapestry of Lord of the Rings! ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      The reason that Western medicine has not advanced to the enlightened technological level as Chinese herbal medicine

      Shows what you know. Chinese are flocking to Western doctors and Western medicines. Their shitty herbs don't work and they know it! It's time for China to come into the 21st Century.

      Next time you try to troll, please get your facts straight. You, sir, personify ignorance.

  4. Go LUniX!! by I+Feel+Like+Trolling · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Execute Mumia NOW!

  5. I know I'll probably get modded down for this but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hi, I'm a IBM employee currently working on improving an USB driver. There's really not much to say, we have to make money somehow right?

    Hey, I'm sorry if we hurt your feelings or whatever, but management projected SCO was going to destroy us within 5 years and our own tries to "ride the wave" as one of the Aptiva project staff said were failing, we had no choice.

  6. Ook by after · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is good and all, but I don't see how this would affect me.

    I have 1 gig of ram in my machine, and this is more then enough for me.

    On the other hand, this is pretty cool for servers where one would need much RAM.

    I remember talking to someone that was in VTECH and their servers had over 32 gigabytes of RAM - cant imagine how much that could cost (they were running one of those Unisys file servers and a user file server.)

    Go IBM .. for ugh, making cheep stuff cheaper ;)

    1. Re:Ook by after · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Man, I feel stupid.

      Sorry - didnt read/realize the article before replying.

      I think I'll stop replyin for a while.

  7. Re:The Racist Tapestry of Lord of the Rings! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    All that effort for such a weak troll. For shame, AC, for shame.

    Incidentally, this: [white people have been invading, terrorizing, raping and pillaging in for 5000 years with zero provocation] is very cute. I really enjoyed reading the diarreic drippings of your diseased brain. Oh well - try again later!

  8. You just can't admit the fact that you are racist! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just admit you are racist, many people are!

    It's ok, admitting you have a problem is the first step!

  9. Be Ready By 2005 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Now THATS what I'm Tolkien about!

  10. Heres how i feel about your troll. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    Owing to a design error, your nigger comes equipped with a tongue and vocal chords. Most niggers can master only a few basic human phrases with this apparatus - "muh dick" being the most popular. However, others make barking, yelping, yapping noises and appear to be in some pain, so you should probably call a vet and have him remove your nigger's tongue. Once de-tongued your nigger will be a lot happier - at least, you won't hear it complaining anywhere near as much. Niggers have nothing interesting to say, anyway. Many owners also castrate their niggers for health reasons (yours, mine, and that of women, not the nigger's). This is strongly recommended, and frankly, it's a mystery why this is not done on the boat

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  11. Merry Christmas! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's Chrsitmas day, Slashdot. Time to open your
    presents.

    1. Re:Merry Christmas! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Chrsitmas

      And maybe you'll get a dictionary for Christmas!

  12. Re:see slashdot is racist by I+Feel+Like+Trolling · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Slashdot may be racist, but Trolldot loves the CUNT.

  13. Merry Christmas by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas from the UK! All the best, good tidings for the New Year.

    Gordon (lurker)

    1. Re:Merry Christmas by eclectro · · Score: 0, Offtopic


      you too :))

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  14. Shut up ignorant eurocentric racist! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The only way a western doctor heals someone is by zapping them with radiation, cutting them open and then pumping them full of drugs!

  15. Potato chips and IBM chips by mac+os+ken · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    When you think about it memory chips and potato chips have a lot in common.

    Electronic chips get smaller in size the more manufacturers work on them while the memory gets bigger. Potato chips get smaller in size while you eat your way to the bottom of the bag and your thighs get bigger.

    Mmmmm... potato chips...

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  16. Re:The Racist Tapestry of Lord of the Rings! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    He's right though. LotR is racist - it doesn't contain a single tolkein black character.

    ...I'll get my coat.

  17. POLYMER TITTIES! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    titties are neat.

  18. Re:The best thing about polymer... by mokomull · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Neither do I.