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New Lubricant Leads To Faster Hard Drives
azav writes "We all know about Moore's Law as it applies to chip speed but little attention is publicly made to the challenges of increasing speed in hard drives. A recent discovery in polyester (yes, polyester, you disco baby) lubricants will allow for faster and longer lasting hard drives."
nyah
Lubricants and "Faster, Longer Lasting hard drives."
Sounds like some of the spam I get every day... cue all the bad jokes.
I am constantly bombarded about emails promising 'longer lasting hard drives' something about pills or herbs, this is nothing new.
XML is like violence. If it doesn't solve the problem, use more.
of this?
With this, my hard drive speed increased a lot, if you know what I mean, and I think you do!
However, I don't know about "longer lasting". I guess it depends on the person. Mine becomes a floppy after 2 minutes.
What are you selling? Hard drives or sex jelly?
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New lubricant leads to faster pr0n on hard drives...
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"Hard". "Lubricant". "Faster". How the hell are the trolls supposed to twist this into a quick laugh? You guys are making it too difficult.
How long do you think it'll be before I start getting "natural Viagra" spam for this technology? And how much longer will it take for the spammers to realize that they're talking about an actual computer component and not anything phallic?
Haec merda tauri est. Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.
to install Leisure Suit Larry. The leisure suit jokes alone should make your hard drive spin faster than you ever thought possible.
Monstar L
This is not funny. We have very serious technology break-through, and you should not be laugh about "Hard drive", "lube-and-polyester, "etc."
I suggest you read Slashdot
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"Enjoy what you're doing! If it becomes drudgery, you're doing it wrong!" - Jim Butterfield
The women keep telling us 'size doesn't matter'.
Yes, every girlfriend loves a speedy hard drive! After all, it allows her to perform everyday computing tasks, such as finding the MS Word document she's looking for or installing a new version of Quicken.
This new lubricant will allow the the hard disk to go faster because it will form an interface between the moving parts and the part of the head that touches them. The smooth, slippery, evenly-coated moving parts will slide much more easily against the head, prolonging its life.
Really, this is one magnificent technological achievement.
And to think, all the comments I've read so far have been pornographic innuendos made by "+1, Funny"-hording neanderthals. But your post, on the other hand....
I just re-read it. nevermind....
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Hmm. I've been using polyester based oils in my engines for a long time. So am I going to have to change my HDD oil every 3000 gigabytes or something?
so, you're a left hander.
;)
i must have missed the memo to start calling it *gaming*
A recent discovery in polyester (yes, polyester, you disco baby) lubricants
THAT explains why people got so busy back in the 70s.
Well, I bet there are a lot of people who've never failed chemistry who didn't know what a sterically hindered polyester is.
I'm also sure that there are a ton of smart chemistry students who, thanks to your pedantic "explanation" are no wiser.
I hope that you don't plan to teach chemistry to anyone who doesn't already know it.
Not everyone has studied organic chemistry.
Pain is merely failure leaving the body
On second thought, please don't tell me.
I want a new world. I think this one is broken.
you can now get four digits into your date instead two.
Remember, back in the mid-80's, your memory size and disk size were fairly close, or a factor of 10 at most.
:)
You insensitive clod! Back in the mid-80s I had 64k of RAM (or 128k depending on what mode I started up in), and zero hard disk space. If you applied Moore's law to double the capacity, we'd still have no hard drive space!
pfft! pfft I say!
We have a winner ...
I, for one, welcome our new lubricated polyester overlords.
I think you mean rack and peanut steering. Pinion? What is this, make-up-words day?
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your womans will love your fore it! H/\rd d|sk lubr|c4nt only 4.95 come on man you ow it to her! Spin faster last longer! many satisfied people can be happy!
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One time, I was doing a crossword.
DI_K
12. Can be floppy or hard.
Couldn't make this sort of thing up if I tried.
--grendel drago
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten. --Seneca
Poor man. Here, have some amateur lesbian porn. (No joke. Stuff's impossible to find, but there it is.)
Clearly not work-safe, of course.
--grendel drago
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten. --Seneca
This story title doesn't use those exact words, but surely getting four sexual innuendos in any sort of casual sentence is a worthy accomplishment.
"...suffers a catastrophic failure before it simply wears out."
Whew... lucky me, I was able to experience a catstrophic failure before my hard drive wore out. Guess I won't have to replace it after all.
Nothing personal, just couldn't resist...
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