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Hitachi Goes Perpendicular
Nimrangul writes "Hitachi has recently announced perpendicular recording with their harddrives, allowing for 10 times the data storage on a disk, meaning 20 G microdrives are on their way as soon as 2007. Hitachi is so pleased with this technological development that it has broken into song." This is, without a doubt, the most surreal thing I've seen today. Flash Required.
I strongly recommend it.
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the strongest word is still the word "free"
You obviously don't check Newgrounds often. :)
quidquid latine dictum sit altum videtur.
In the post-9/11 world, all hard-drives are terroristicular. ;)
"All you have to do is be fragile and grateful. So stay the underdog." Chuck Palahniuk, Choke
No.
it lacked the fucking song and dance number.
HOLY FUCK WAS THAT CATCHY.
Non impediti ratione cogitationus.
In sovi.. Ah screw it, in Soviet Russia they don't make weird crap like that.
This song will probaly stick in my head for weeks just like the "meow, meow, meow, meow" Meow Mix commercial jingle did. I am going to sacrifice a small hard drive as an act of contrition.
Robert Oschler - RobotsRule.com
I wonder if they can patent "a method of using disco music to make bits 'get perpendicular.'" Maybe if they crimp the disk, afterwards.
Apparently whoever modded me down is not a Simpsons fan... What a sad day.
No, but I used to work for Microsoft.
HOLY FUCK WAS THAT CATCHY.
Get perpendiculaaaar!
NO! It won't go away!
All comments are properties and trademarks of the voices in my head. Not like I'm gonna claim them.
That's my new sig.
Am I glad IBM sold their "moribund" HD biz to Hitachi. Even when funk and disco were king & queen of the dancefloor, IBM never had the balls to rip off "I'm Just a Bill" to enlighten us on superparamagnetism.
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Try this, then.
Fuck Strongbad. *This* is what Flash was made for.
All technical information should be conveyed this way! Seriously, can you imagine how well this would work to teach difficult concepts to people who are otherwise not entirely technical? Or, for that matter, for some of us industry insiders, too. No more thumbing through convoluted RFCs. Just load me up a flash animation with a funky beat!
*snicker*
I need my bits perpendicular so I can store more naked horizontals.
I propose that once these drives become standard, we start saying "oh shit - my bits fell over!" when our drives crash or data becomes corrupt.
You heard it here, first (I think)>
How much do you want to bet the price of these drives will get perpendicular too?
BeauHD. Worst editor since kdawson.
So, how much faster can they spin the drives now with this improvement?
Slower, actually. If you spin too fast (or bump the drive), the bits will fall over. And not just a few bits. You've seen dominoes, right?
(Yes, I'm being sarcastic. Knowing slashdot as I do, this has to be clarified).
In Post 9/11 America, the bits have to stand up straight or terror will win.
Cool! Amazing Toys.
I still havn't forgotten "Conjunction Junction"
No, no, THIS is Goatse for the ears :)
...yeah - "Oh My God! You Killed Kenny" becomes "Oh My God! You Killed Another Feature!"
You just caused me to picture a bit on a drive saying "I've fallen, and i can't get up!" Now someone needs to invent medialert braclets for you harddrive...
I love that fat guy, he rocks :)
In a horrible, car-wreck-eqsque "glad it's not me" kinda way... Like the starwars kid.
Send lawyers, guns, and money!
How, 'may or may not be true'. You saw the bits, didn't you?!? Clearly this is true!
My boss has been calling me and demanding I get Perpendicular for years....and my memory hasn't improved one bit.
Never play chicken with a passive aggressive.
Hitachi: Because that law would be against the laws of physics. But if we changed the laws of physics...
bit: Then we could make all sorts of crazy hard-drives!
Hitachi: Now you're catching on!
bit: What if people say you're not good enough to be in the laws of physics?
Hitachi: Then I'll crush all opposition to me, and I'll make Isaac Newton pay. If he fights back, I'll say that he's gay.
... and then they built the supercollider.
I agree. Its amusing, informative and explains the benefits of the technology in terms consumers can understand (more songs on my mp3 player). It also provides a superficial explanation of the tech which even slashdotters can grasp ;)
Overall though reminds me of a Fark contest. Imagine if all the latest tech news was explained in this way.
Surur
Information is the location of things. Computation is moving things around.
It's already the rage with the young kids. My 17 months son watched the whole thing through, and clapped along with the applause at the end (so cute! He's going to be geek, just like daddy!). If that's not proof positive that Hitachi is on to something, I don't know what is.
There ain't no rules here; we're trying to accomplish something.
I will be selling all of my shares at once! There is no place for humanity in a *serious* corporation!
Power to the Peaceful
I would not call this a failure AT ALL.
I learned several dance moves.
Rich And Stupid is not so bad as Working For Rich And Stupid.
My name is Troy McClure. You know me from movies such as "Blue Rays do it in High Density" or "When Magnetism Becomes Gigantic".
Fight hunger. Filet a politician and send him to a 3rd world country of your choice.
That's a great idea! I've been working on a cartoon paperclip to assist people when they write documents. He helps you format your docs through song. Imagine "Looks like you're writing a letter," sung to the tune of Perpendicular, only out of key and really loud. I'm thinking of calling him Clip-... whoops.
Standing on the shoulders of giants.
So, how much faster can they spin the drives now with this improvement?
Slower, actually. If you spin too fast (or bump the drive), the bits will fall over. And not just a few bits. You've seen dominoes, right?
Remember, the bits are facing the direction of rotation, so centripetal force would be pulling them sideways. They're far more sensitive to sudden acceleration or deceleration, so these drives will take several seconds to spin up to full speed, and a sudden power failure will make all the bits fall on their faces.
(I wonder--the bits that are reversed, do they face backward? A lot of people get nauseous if they face backward while moving.)
I figure by 2030 or so my 6-digit UID will be something to brag about.