The main problem with holographic storage is creating a usable and stable reader/writer. People have managed to create holographic storage devices from such fanciful things as spinning glass rods and tanks of supercooled gel... to such ordinary things as a roll of clear cellophane tape.
By the way.. a standard cellophane roll was found to be able to contain 92 Gigabytes. Impressive.
There have been some recent advances in fixed holographic storage, which would allow a 1-6 terabyte hard disk to be made, with no moving parts. However, the cost/gigabyte is still well over that achievable by magnetic media (but under that of copper memory).
Perhaps in the next five years we will see the advent of the non-spinning drive, and portable disk space approaching the petabyte. Enough storage to keep most of what we now consider to be human knowledge.
Reach out, extend to, and embrace the universe. -Einstien ----- Embrace, extend, and engulf the universe.
Orbcomm makes a satellite based internet relay network. It is burst-message based, so it can't be used for telnet sessions, or other sessions that require low latency. E.G., you can't play quake...
However, the orbcomm units are perfect for email, ICQ, and other message services that are very burst oriented, and don't care what the latency is.
So, if you are looking for something that can do email, and is in a reasonable price range.. try Orbcomm.
Reach out, extend to, and embrace the universe. -Einstien ----- Embrace, extend, and engulf the universe.
Until recently, I have lived in the Silicon Valley my whole life. The ridiculously high cost of living in the Bay Area is only limited to some rather exclusive areas, which are near good commute paths or ones that have prestige.
I used to live in Santa Cruz, a short 30 minute drive across HWY17 through the beautiful Santa Cruz mountains. The cost of living in Santa Cruz is very comparable to that of the communities around Boston, MA. Living in communities such as Millbrae, San Mateo, San Carlos, and others while owning a home is not only possible.. but affordable and attainable.
There will always be exclusive or expensive areas, no matter where you live. Commonwealth Ave, Back Bay in Boston. All of Manhattan is terribly expensive. Lets not even discuss West 57th. Beverly Hills, Sun Valley, Austin TX near One Infinite Loop... you name it.
I think it is a shame that housing in some parts of California has become so expensive for quite another different reason:
THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE RENT NOW
Renters have few rights, and very little in the way of protections. While the owner of the house enjoys a tax break that helps defer the interest on the mortgage loan, the renter pays exorbitant rental fees. These fees are in no way tax deductible, and we end up with a class of people who can only rent.
The money poured into rent in California, and other tech zones, is incredibly high. In the Bay Area, some studio apartments rent for $1500 and up in the NON-exclusive or desirable zones.
$18,000 a year... wasted. Just thrown away for a roof. Usually power, water, and garbage are -not- thrown in as services. A comparable mortgage for 30 years would allow a person to buy a $300,000 home. Imagine. If you used that rent to buy a car you could pay off that Porche 911 in THREE years. Five years would get you a car worth $90,000 or so, if you qualify for one of those %1.9 financing loans.
Unfair? yes.
So.. what are you going to do about it?
--------------------------------- Reach out, extend to, and embrace the universe. -Einstien ----- Embrace, extend, and engulf the universe.
Slashdot Mirror
The main problem with holographic storage is creating a usable and stable reader/writer. People have managed to create holographic storage devices from such fanciful things as spinning glass rods and tanks of supercooled gel
By the way
There have been some recent advances in fixed holographic storage, which would allow a 1-6 terabyte hard disk to be made, with no moving parts. However, the cost/gigabyte is still well over that achievable by magnetic media (but under that of copper memory).
Perhaps in the next five years we will see the advent of the non-spinning drive, and portable disk space approaching the petabyte. Enough storage to keep most of what we now consider to be human knowledge.
Reach out, extend to, and embrace the universe.
-Einstien
-----
Embrace, extend, and engulf the universe.
I have mirrored the directory of wedding pictures at
http://hemos.slashdot.org
Reach out, extend to, and embrace the universe.
-Einstien
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Embrace, extend, and engulf the universe.
You can now find a mirror of the images from the wedding on
http://hemos.slashdot.org
Reach out, extend to, and embrace the universe.
-Einstien
-----
Embrace, extend, and engulf the universe.
Orbcomm makes a satellite based internet relay network. It is burst-message based, so it can't be used for telnet sessions, or other sessions that require low latency. E.G., you can't play quake...
However, the orbcomm units are perfect for email, ICQ, and other message services that are very burst oriented, and don't care what the latency is.
So, if you are looking for something that can do email, and is in a reasonable price range.. try Orbcomm.
Reach out, extend to, and embrace the universe.
-Einstien
-----
Embrace, extend, and engulf the universe.
I used to live in Santa Cruz, a short 30 minute drive across HWY17 through the beautiful Santa Cruz mountains. The cost of living in Santa Cruz is very comparable to that of the communities around Boston, MA. Living in communities such as Millbrae, San Mateo, San Carlos, and others while owning a home is not only possible.. but affordable and attainable.
There will always be exclusive or expensive areas, no matter where you live. Commonwealth Ave, Back Bay in Boston. All of Manhattan is terribly expensive. Lets not even discuss West 57th. Beverly Hills, Sun Valley, Austin TX near One Infinite Loop... you name it.
I think it is a shame that housing in some parts of California has become so expensive for quite another different reason :
THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE RENT NOW
Renters have few rights, and very little in the way of protections. While the owner of the house enjoys a tax break that helps defer the interest on the mortgage loan, the renter pays exorbitant rental fees. These fees are in no way tax deductible, and we end up with a class of people who can only rent.
The money poured into rent in California, and other tech zones, is incredibly high. In the Bay Area, some studio apartments rent for $1500 and up in the NON-exclusive or desirable zones.
$18,000 a year ... wasted. Just thrown away for a roof. Usually power, water, and garbage are -not- thrown in as services. A comparable mortgage for 30 years would allow a person to buy a $300,000 home. Imagine. If you used that rent to buy a car you could pay off that Porche 911 in THREE years. Five years would get you a car worth $90,000 or so, if you qualify for one of those %1.9 financing loans.
Unfair? yes.
So .. what are you going to do about it?
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Reach out, extend to, and embrace the universe.
-Einstien
-----
Embrace, extend, and engulf the universe.