100 Terabyte 3.5-inch Optical Storage

ignipotentis writes "According to PhysOrg we are close to being able to record our entire lives on a single 3.5" optical disc. This article talks about using ultraviolet light since focused laser beam is smaller in diameter than other frequencies of light. The expected cost per drive upon production is $570-$750 with discs costing $45."

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Does your life lack a cause?

[Hot Summer Nights]

There are people who get up every day, work a 9 to 5 and go home to their families trading their lives for varying degrees of cash. In my view, though clearly not theirs, they are selling their lives very cheaply. These are wage slaves and the difference between people like that and a zombie is generally lost on me. Do you realize that many, I'm not saying all or even most, of the Linux supporters are like this, they have never coded anything in their lives, have never even played a video game, in fact the only reason they are supporting Linux is because it is a cause and their life lacks one. That is an incredibly sad group of folks, and I wonder what their reaction will be when they finally understand they are supporting software and not the second coming.

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Re:Does your life lack a cause?

[Anonymous Coward]

Truly Rob Enderle takes trolling to new heights. It's downright impressive - the Slashdot trolls could learn a thing or three from this man.

Re:Does your life lack a cause?

[Anonymous Coward]

Do you realize that many, I'm not saying all or even most, of the Linux supporters are like this, they have never coded anything in their lives, have never even played a video game, in fact the only reason they are supporting Linux is because it is a cause and their life lacks one.

I know you were trolling but I just have to bite on this. You seem to be saying that supporting "Linux" (by which I presume you mean the Free/Open Source Software movement) one does not give his or her life meaning, fair enough. Although you seem to be implying that coding or even playing video games would give life meaning! If you think playing video games is what gives your life meaning you must have one hell of a boring life!

Really dragging their feet

[maximilln]

I remember when SeaGate was making the MiniChief and DataChief hard drives (20 and 40 mb, respectively). At that time there were already one or two outfits who were working on "floptical" media. Price was comparable but storage was about half. With the refinement of laser technology I've often wondered what's been holding up floptical media. circa 1992 the drives were around $400 and disks were about $50.

I don't want to say that it's an industry conspiracy but, well, there's no better explanation for why floptical drives haven't received the kind of attention, development, and marketing that they deserve. For all practical applications floptical media could leave magnetic media far behind.