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Bacterial DVD Holds 50TB
CAMags writes to tell us that a Harvard Professor is claiming to have developed a new variant of a protein called bacteriorhodopsin (bR) that, when layered on a DVD, can store up to 50TB of data. From the article: "The light-activated protein is found in the membrane of a salt marsh microbe Halobacterium salinarum and is also known as bacteriorhodopsin (bR). It captures and stores sunlight to convert it to chemical energy. When light shines on bR, it is converted to a series of intermediate molecules each with a unique shape and color before returning to its 'ground state.'"
It's alive!
bacteria, not a virus. Your data's safe.
....or is it? MWAHAHAHA!!!
I heard they're buggy.
My apartment isn't messy -- it's just data backup.
Disclaimer: I'm Indian as well.
There are 2 kinds of people in this world. Those that can keep their train of thought,
Just a bottle of Lysol.
In Soviet Russia, asses suck this joke.
It's probably gonna be extremely impractical and mega expensive. We'll have forgotten about it in 36 hours anyway.
I remember this stuff from the mid 90's. They were layering it on WORMs back then.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
Why don't we just store all our data in strands of DNA and be done with it.
;)
Then we could carry arround our entire porn collection in a small cancerous lump on our neck.
PFY to BOFH "The database is growing too fast!" BOFH "Stop feeding it."
I think I'm too perfectionnist
Good thing it wasn't a written interview.
Yeah, but just think of the ping times.
It would evolve DRM?
That depends, is he a Little Indian or a Big Indian?
How about another application--- ;)
Discs that "auto expire" if not kept in the fridge
No, seriously.
There's an easier way to do this. Just sneeze on some unsuspecting passenger headed to LAX, send their description to your recipient, and then have them steal the passenger's handkerchief upon arrival in Los Angeles. Then just wipe the handkerchief on an empty Agar-DVD, and presto!
Saves on gas, too.
Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.
That's not a very good answer - it reveals a bunch of negatives that are likely deal-breakers:
1) You're a perfectionist, which means you may find it difficult to handle mistakes made by co-workers.
2) You're a perfectionist, which means you may find it difficult working on a team with people who are not perfectionists.
3) You're an admitted perfectionist, which makes it likely that you will attempt to cover up any mistakes you do make, rather than admit them.
4) You're a perfectionist and you take extra time to try to accomplish a task, rather than doing it as well as it needs to be done and having it in on time. Most employers don't expect or actually want perfection - they know it isn't attainable.
5) You're full of shit and just told the interviewer what you thought they'd want to hear, meaning that you're much less likely to be candid in other areas as well.
The best answer, of course, would have been "FUCK YOU YOU CUNT I have Tourette's Syndrome ASSLICKER!" It would allow you to scream anything you like with impunity, and they'd be worried about getting sued if they didn't hire you.
Since I can't tell them apart, I treat all ACs as the same person.
Does this mean my stack will grow uncontrollably? What about garbage collection? Will this storage medium be under threat from BASIC instincts? Sic 'em, Friskit!
Do not mock my vision of impractical footwear
WOW.... 50TB of porn on a single disc. That's a lot of hot XXX action. You could put an entire internet's worth of porn on one disc. hmmmmm.... 1) Get hold of 'bacteria-ray' discs. 2) Download all internet (Or just get Slashdotter to bittorrent their stashes-same thing) 3) ?????? 4) Profit!!
The truth shall always be free: Boris Floricic is Tron.
A friend of mine did this (not sure exactly how long it took him, but it was basically non-stop from Los Angeles to Boston), sustaining himself solely on Jolt (sic) soda, clove cigarettes, and an old Bob Segar tape. And oh yeah, he's a non-stop talker who just waits for you to finish so he can start talking again, about whatever it is that interests him.
I imagined being in the car with him for the trip. If that's not hell on earth, I don't know what is..
dn2120a:~ moe$ ping almaden.ibm.com
PING almaden.ibm.com (198.4.83.38): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 18.4.83.38: icmp_seq=0 ttl=47 time=187295623.931 ms
64 bytes from 18.4.83.38: icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=176477755.816 ms
64 bytes from 18.4.83.38: icmp_seq=2 ttl=47 time=169536790.894 ms
64 bytes from 18.4.83.38: icmp_seq=3 ttl=47 time=170008876.973 ms
^C
--- almaden.ibm.com ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 169536790.894/175829761.904/187295623.931/8273855
dn2120a:~ moe$
What? Everything seems to be in order.
---k--
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A dirty DVD that really *can* give you VD!
Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power multiplied.
Finally, a disc with some culture on it!
The revolution will not be televised... but it will have a page on Wikipedia