Constellation 3D's technology implements the concept of the volumetric storage of information. Data is recorded on multiple layers located inside a disc or a card, as opposed to the single or double layer method available in compact discs, and DVDs.
The recording, reading and storing of the information is accomplished through the use of fluorescent materials embedded in pits and grooves in each of the layers. The fluorescent material emits radiation when excited by an external light source. The information is then decoded as modulations of the intensity and color of the emitted radiation.
Background
It has long been recognized within the data storage scientific community that, 2-dimensional storage carriers are insufficient for future generations of memory devices. Research efforts have therefore focused on ways to develop 3-dimensional storage including holographic techniques and multi-layer storage as illustrated below.
The concept of multi-layer reflective optical discs has been proposed by Philips and IBM, and has been demonstrated up to several layers. In fact, DVD is an implementation of this concept with two layers.
However for many layers, the coherent nature of the probing laser beam causes interference, scatter and intra-layer cross talk - the combination of which results in a signal that is degraded to unacceptable levels. In addition, reflective multi-layer discs encountered considerable technological difficulties in manufacturing of media commensurate with the formidable requirements for optical quality. For these reasons research efforts into multi-layer reflective technologies have been abandoned.
The concept of multi-layer, fluorescent cards/discs (FMD/C) is a unique breakthrough, solving the problems of signal degradation associated with current reflective optical disc technologies of CD and DVD.
As with a CD or DVD, data on the FMD layers is encoded on a substrate in a series of geometrical features or volumetric marks. Each layer will have a capacity approaching 4.7 Gigabytes (as in the case of DVD).
With FMD/C technology, each storage layer is coated with a transparent fluorescent material rather than the reflective metallic layer of a CD or DVD. When the laser beam hits a mark on a layer, fluorescent light is emitted. This emitted light has a different wavelength from the incident laser light - slightly shifted towards the red end of the light spectrum - and is incoherent in nature, in contrast to the reflected coherent light in current optical devices. The emitted light is not affected by data marks, and therefore transverses adjacent layers undisturbed.
In the read out system of the drive, the laser light is filtered out, so that only the information-bearing fluorescent light is detected. This reduces the effect of stray light and interference. Theoretical studies, confirmed by experimental results, have shown that in conventional reflection systems the signal quality degrades rapidly with the number of layers. In fluorescent read-out systems, on the other hand, the signal quality degrades much more slowly with each additional layer. Research has shown that media containing up to a hundred layers are currently feasible, thereby increasing the potential capacity of a single card or disk to hundreds of Gigabytes. Use of blue lasers would increase the capacity potential to over 1 Terabyte.
Some of the technological advantages of FMD/ FMC products include:
Increased Disc Capacity Initially, the FMD disc will hold anywhere from 25 - 140 GB of data depending on market need. Eventually a terabyte of data on a single disc will be achievable.
Quick Parallel Access and Retrieval of Information Reading from several layers at a time and multiple tracks at a time - nearly impossible using the reflective technology of a CD/DVD - is easily achieved in FMD. This will allow for retrieval speeds of up to 1 gigabit/second.
Media Tolerances By using incoherent light to read data the FMD/FMC media will have far fewer restrictions in temperature range, vibration and air-cleanness during manufacturing.
Usage Flexibility FMD/FMC presents a wide variety of potential media sizes and types (read only, write-able and re-writeable) for a broad range of applications.
Potential for Further Growth The technology is young and will grow and evolve, providing a clear road map for the future of data storage.
The FMD/C technology is presently protected by over 116 Japanese, European, and US patents, approved and/or pending, dozens of priority establishing disclosures, and the exceptional know-how of an unprecedented group of physicists cooperating across the world.
The myth uses the MAYAN calender not the gregorian calender.
2012 on the MAYAN calender is 2003 JUNE on the Gregorian calender which we follow.
This means its 2011 right now, and it makes perfect sense for Xfiles to end their series here considering the whole myth of aliens that all abductees and stories have claimed ENDS at 2003.
I mean what can they use for an ending after June 2003 that fits in with all the myths?
I admit Chris Carter did his research, he just screwed up on the year translation.
I actually researched this conspircy theory long before the Xfiles knew about it. Its been around for THOUSANDS of years and it traces back to the mayan calender.
Which claims, 2012 in MAYAN years but our calender it is 2003 June.
We use the gregorian calender.
A guy by the name of Zecharia Sitchen
This theory for the first time was backed up by evidence, in 1982 when planet X was discovered.
IF any of this WAS true, our government would never tell us anyhow.
So for now its still a rumor, myth, etc, wait until June 2003 (December 2012 on Mayan Calender)
It all has to do with the mayan calender which translates to 2003 june.
Theres alot of uh, lets call them, myths dealing with what will happen.
The rapture, the planet niburu and aliens coming for the choosen people, all kinds of crazy stuff.
Anyone who wants to see where the idea for this episodes ending or the so called truth came from, type "niburu orion group" or "niburu 2003" into google.
You'll see all kinds of stuff about aliens taking over our government, and an invasion during june 2003, you'll see the mayan calender used as evidence, abductees claims, so called government officials claims, etc
Its worth researching even if its just myths, theres still a 10 percent chance that it might actually be true.
Linux Mandrake has crashed. Redhat Linux has never crashed, not even ONE time.
I'm on a dell laptop, and I'm using Redhat 7.2, not a single crash and its been over 6 months.
Whats this tell me? That Linux is stable. I have XP on this laptop as well, It crashes every few days.
It just hasnt crashed on me, I mean some people claim Windows never crashes on them. Linux has never crashed on me once, the only time it has, was when I used linux mandrake.
If you haven't crashed Linux, then you obviously haven't used it that much. Kernel panics are a dime a dozen, even with the stock Red Hat kernel. (At work, I had some trouble with SMP systems and the SCSI driver that was included with Red Hat; we had to compile our own with a patched kernel to get it working.)
Thats a configuration problem, NOT a crash. A crash is when everything freezes and you get a kernel panic. I've NEVER gotten one on a properly configured machine. Now, I did get one when I was a newbie using Linux Mandrake, but I was using Linux MANDRAKE not redhat. I dont even have Redhat perfectly configured (KDE3 is giving my problems) Still Linux has never crashed once,
On the PC, Linux would go for months at a time straight without shutting the comp off. ONE crash with Linux Mandrake, 0 Crashes with Redhat, this is in my 2-3 years of using Linux.
I mean why not buy the original product? Why buy the new upgrade?
You cant show the advantages to joe sixpack if joe sixpack doesnt even know what linux is, by marketing linux as an upgrade to windows, joe sixpack instantly knows what linux is, its no diffrent than what windowsXP, and those service packs are.
Mr.Coward writes "I've crashed Linux, and I generally know what I'm doing (at least far better than the average Lindows user would). I've also crashed a hell of a lot of applications on Linux, and it can sometimes give the appearance of less stability than Windows with some distributions. As far as DRM goes, that's primarily a function of the distribution medium. Unprotected CDs burn and rip just as well from Windows as they do from Linux or OS X or anywhere else, and mp3 files convert back and forth between formats just as easily. In the future there may be a case to bring this up, but it's likely to be a government issue if that happens."
"Ah, I see, if they're running Windows they must get hacked all the time. Sorry to burst your bubble, but most people have never experienced having their computer hacked. At worst, some percentage of people have encountered a worm or virus and had to deal with that, and just how great would it be to see a worm targeted at LindowsOS that not only destroys data, but also roots the system?"
How did you manage to crash linux? perhaps you just crashed kde or gnome, but you surely didnt make the kernel crash if you were using redhat.
Windows users had to deal with netbus, trojans, msn, ie hacks, icq hacks, aim hacks and exploits, nimda, code red, the melissa virus, etc etc
While its a good Linux distro, It doesnt seem to have the kinda backing that Lindows has.
I mean whats Lycoris's Business plan? is Lycoris being funded by guys with hundreds of millions of dollars? I worry about their business plan not their product.
IF lycoris can find a workable business plan, they'll do fine.
They've never used a Secure OS before, So why would they CARE about security? The goal is to place them on linux, not give them "security"
And they expect Wine to be the magic bullet for compatibility with the users software. While Wine is amazing technology and certainly praiseworthy, it's hardly a universal solution. What Transgaming and Codeweavers have done with Wine is excellent in their relevant niches. But to build up expectations that Linux will be able to run pretty much whatever Windows software you throw at it? Not a chance. There's still some Win 3.1 apps that won't run (Distant Suns: First Light is the only one I care about.:-)
WindowsXP doesnt run Windows 3.1 or Windows95 software yet no one seems to care as long as it runs Word, IE, etc.
No, Lindows takes the weaknesses of both OS's in Windows lack of security and Linux's lack of wide commercial software support and emphasizes them.
What really matters is if Linux is more stable than Windows, More powerful than Windows, and offers more FREEDOM than Windows.
Windows users who want Security will eventually upgrade to a better Linux, the goal isnt to give security to people who dont understand how security works.
The goal is to give them stability and freedom and let them decide what to do next. Linux wont crash. Linux wont have DRM, People like to burn their CDs and not have their computer crash.
These people are used to being hacked by tom dick and harry and wont really notice a diffrence there.
By the way we need TV comercials to market Linux like this. Nothing short of tv comercials will work. We need to market Linux to the younger college/highschool crowd not the adults.
Put Linux Commercials on MTV. Make it seem like a huge movement, perhaps complete with protests and people throwinng their windows computers in the trash.
You know, something like what was done for those anti tabacco commercials.
Joe Sixpack was willing to buy Windows2k, WindowsXP etc, I mean even though his programs broke, it was the Windows name that sold those OS's.
The Games may not work as well, But Microsoft marketed it as a new upgrade,
Linux people should market linux as an UPGRADE.
Tell them go ahead and use Windows, but when you are tired of crashing, dealing with viruses, and want freedom to burn cds and have freedom in software choices.
mandrake(in very small letters)SOFT Windows XP service pack.
Have commercials telling users its an upgrade from "WindowS"
Demonstrate it in a mall, using a theme which looks exactly like XP.
99.9 percent of all users wont know the diffrence, it will be like coke vs pepsi.
What needs to be done, is marketing, thats what Linux is currently missing, With Windows as a generic name, all the Marketing Microsoft put into it, can be transfered to Linux distros
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Summary
Constellation 3D's technology implements the concept of the volumetric storage of information. Data is recorded on multiple layers located inside a disc or a card, as opposed to the single or double layer method available in compact discs, and DVDs.
The recording, reading and storing of the information is accomplished through the use of fluorescent materials embedded in pits and grooves in each of the layers. The fluorescent material emits radiation when excited by an external light source. The information is then decoded as modulations of the intensity and color of the emitted radiation.
Background
It has long been recognized within the data storage scientific community that, 2-dimensional storage carriers are insufficient for future generations of memory devices. Research efforts have therefore focused on ways to develop 3-dimensional storage including holographic techniques and multi-layer storage as illustrated below.
The concept of multi-layer reflective optical discs has been proposed by Philips and IBM, and has been demonstrated up to several layers. In fact, DVD is an implementation of this concept with two layers.
However for many layers, the coherent nature of the probing laser beam causes interference, scatter and intra-layer cross talk - the combination of which results in a signal that is degraded to unacceptable levels. In addition, reflective multi-layer discs encountered considerable technological difficulties in manufacturing of media commensurate with the formidable requirements for optical quality. For these reasons research efforts into multi-layer reflective technologies have been abandoned.
The concept of multi-layer, fluorescent cards/discs (FMD/C) is a unique breakthrough, solving the problems of signal degradation associated with current reflective optical disc technologies of CD and DVD.
As with a CD or DVD, data on the FMD layers is encoded on a substrate in a series of geometrical features or volumetric marks. Each layer will have a capacity approaching 4.7 Gigabytes (as in the case of DVD).
With FMD/C technology, each storage layer is coated with a transparent fluorescent material rather than the reflective metallic layer of a CD or DVD. When the laser beam hits a mark on a layer, fluorescent light is emitted. This emitted light has a different wavelength from the incident laser light - slightly shifted towards the red end of the light spectrum - and is incoherent in nature, in contrast to the reflected coherent light in current optical devices. The emitted light is not affected by data marks, and therefore transverses adjacent layers undisturbed.
In the read out system of the drive, the laser light is filtered out, so that only the information-bearing fluorescent light is detected. This reduces the effect of stray light and interference. Theoretical studies, confirmed by experimental results, have shown that in conventional reflection systems the signal quality degrades rapidly with the number of layers. In fluorescent read-out systems, on the other hand, the signal quality degrades much more slowly with each additional layer. Research has shown that media containing up to a hundred layers are currently feasible, thereby increasing the potential capacity of a single card or disk to hundreds of Gigabytes. Use of blue lasers would increase the capacity potential to over 1 Terabyte.
Some of the technological advantages of FMD/ FMC products include:
Increased Disc Capacity
Initially, the FMD disc will hold anywhere from 25 - 140 GB of data depending on market need. Eventually a terabyte of data on a single disc will be achievable.
Quick Parallel Access and Retrieval of Information
Reading from several layers at a time and multiple tracks at a time - nearly impossible using the reflective technology of a CD/DVD - is easily achieved in FMD. This will allow for retrieval speeds of up to 1 gigabit/second.
Media Tolerances
By using incoherent light to read data the FMD/FMC media will have far fewer restrictions in temperature range, vibration and air-cleanness during manufacturing.
Usage Flexibility
FMD/FMC presents a wide variety of potential media sizes and types (read only, write-able and re-writeable) for a broad range of applications.
Potential for Further Growth
The technology is young and will grow and evolve, providing a clear road map for the future of data storage.
The FMD/C technology is presently protected by over 116 Japanese, European, and US patents, approved and/or pending, dozens of priority establishing disclosures, and the exceptional know-how of an unprecedented group of physicists cooperating across the world.
Theres only about 4 other better technologies.
FMD being the main one, currently FMD is being stalled by the RIAA and MPAA because of piracy concerns.
Holographic storage systems are better. (although these may cost alittle more)
Ram based storage systems
Even traditional harddrives.
http://www.zetatalk.com/info/tinfo19n.htm
looks like people arent sure.
June 2003 not december 2012.
Unless you use the mayan calender instead of the gregorian and in that case the year is 2011
Yes thats next year.
But everything else you said is on target.
Niburu returns in 2003 June.
By the way this isnt from the Xfiles.
Aliens want earth and have taken over the government using the governments greed in an exchange Technology for freedom to abduct people.
The Aliens could easily plan down to the date they'd invade considering how much simplier we are than them its not like we can stop them.
The Myth claims the planet niburu enters our orbit in june 2003 (mayan calender 2012 december)
Niburu is (planetX) rumored to have alien life on it.
SO yeah it makes perfect sense to take over right when your planet enters the solar system.
For the third time! lol.
The myth uses the MAYAN calender not the gregorian calender.
2012 on the MAYAN calender is 2003 JUNE on the Gregorian calender which we follow.
This means its 2011 right now, and it makes perfect sense for Xfiles to end their series here considering the whole myth of aliens that all abductees and stories have claimed ENDS at 2003.
I mean what can they use for an ending after June 2003 that fits in with all the myths?
I admit Chris Carter did his research, he just screwed up on the year translation.
I actually researched this conspircy theory long before the Xfiles knew about it. Its been around for THOUSANDS of years and it traces back to the mayan calender.
Which claims, 2012 in MAYAN years but our calender it is 2003 June.
We use the gregorian calender.
A guy by the name of Zecharia Sitchen
This theory for the first time was backed up by evidence, in 1982 when planet X was discovered.
IF any of this WAS true, our government would never tell us anyhow.
So for now its still a rumor, myth, etc, wait until June 2003 (December 2012 on Mayan Calender)
It all has to do with the mayan calender which translates to 2003 june.
Theres alot of uh, lets call them, myths dealing with what will happen.
The rapture, the planet niburu and aliens coming for the choosen people, all kinds of crazy stuff.
Anyone who wants to see where the idea for this episodes ending or the so called truth came from, type "niburu orion group"
or "niburu 2003" into google.
You'll see all kinds of stuff about aliens taking over our government, and an invasion during june 2003, you'll see the mayan calender used as evidence, abductees claims, so called government officials claims, etc
Its worth researching even if its just myths, theres still a 10 percent chance that it might actually be true.
Now we know why so many companies go out of business.
People with real jobs are important, they are needed.
Now ok if you have a generic helpdesk,QA, or SA type job go ahead and skip, but if you have a real job, its a bad idea.
You cant SKIP work. You have responsibilities.
Its just not right, skipping school harms no one, skipping work, that can harm thousands of people.
I havent gotten a kernel panic with redhat
Linux Mandrake has crashed.
Redhat Linux has never crashed, not even ONE time.
I'm on a dell laptop, and I'm using Redhat 7.2, not a single crash and its been over 6 months.
Whats this tell me? That Linux is stable. I have XP on this laptop as well, It crashes every few days.
It just hasnt crashed on me, I mean some people claim Windows never crashes on them. Linux has never crashed on me once, the only time it has, was when I used linux mandrake.
If you haven't crashed Linux, then you obviously haven't used it that much. Kernel panics are a dime a dozen, even with the stock Red Hat kernel. (At work, I had some trouble with SMP systems and the SCSI driver that was included with Red Hat; we had to compile our own with a patched kernel to get it working.)
Thats a configuration problem, NOT a crash. A crash is when everything freezes and you get a kernel panic. I've NEVER gotten one on a properly configured machine. Now, I did get one when I was a newbie using Linux Mandrake, but I was using Linux MANDRAKE not redhat. I dont even have Redhat perfectly configured (KDE3 is giving my problems)
Still Linux has never crashed once,
On the PC, Linux would go for months at a time straight without shutting the comp off. ONE crash with Linux Mandrake, 0 Crashes with Redhat, this is in my 2-3 years of using Linux.
Yes thats why everyones buying Windows 1.0
I mean why not buy the original product? Why buy the new upgrade?
You cant show the advantages to joe sixpack if joe sixpack doesnt even know what linux is, by marketing linux as an upgrade to windows, joe sixpack instantly knows what linux is, its no diffrent than what windowsXP, and those service packs are.
Mr.Coward writes "I've crashed Linux, and I generally know what I'm doing (at least far better than the average Lindows user would). I've also crashed a hell of a lot of applications on Linux, and it can sometimes give the appearance of less stability than Windows with some distributions. As far as DRM goes, that's primarily a function of the distribution medium. Unprotected CDs burn and rip just as well from Windows as they do from Linux or OS X or anywhere else, and mp3 files convert back and forth between formats just as easily. In the future there may be a case to bring this up, but it's likely to be a government issue if that happens."
"Ah, I see, if they're running Windows they must get hacked all the time. Sorry to burst your bubble, but most people have never experienced having their computer hacked. At worst, some percentage of people have encountered a worm or virus and had to deal with that, and just how great would it be to see a worm targeted at LindowsOS that not only destroys data, but also roots the system?"
How did you manage to crash linux? perhaps you just crashed kde or gnome, but you surely didnt make the kernel crash if you were using redhat.
Windows users had to deal with netbus, trojans, msn, ie hacks, icq hacks, aim hacks and exploits, nimda, code red, the melissa virus, etc etc
The problem with Lycoris
While its a good Linux distro, It doesnt seem to have the kinda backing that Lindows has.
I mean whats Lycoris's Business plan? is Lycoris being funded by guys with hundreds of millions of dollars? I worry about their business plan not their product.
IF lycoris can find a workable business plan, they'll do fine.
They've never used a Secure OS before, So why would they CARE about security? The goal is to place them on linux, not give them "security"
And they expect Wine to be the magic bullet for compatibility with the users software. While Wine is amazing technology and certainly praiseworthy, it's hardly a universal solution. What Transgaming and Codeweavers have done with Wine is excellent in their relevant niches. But to build up expectations that Linux will be able to run pretty much whatever Windows software you throw at it? Not a chance. There's still some Win 3.1 apps that won't run (Distant Suns: First Light is the only one I care about.
WindowsXP doesnt run Windows 3.1 or Windows95 software yet no one seems to care as long as it runs Word, IE, etc.
No, Lindows takes the weaknesses of both OS's in Windows lack of security and Linux's lack of wide commercial software support and emphasizes them.
What really matters is if Linux is more stable than Windows, More powerful than Windows, and offers more FREEDOM than Windows.
Windows users who want Security will eventually upgrade to a better Linux, the goal isnt to give security to people who dont understand how security works.
The goal is to give them stability and freedom and let them decide what to do next. Linux wont crash. Linux wont have DRM, People like to burn their CDs and not have their computer crash.
These people are used to being hacked by tom dick and harry and wont really notice a diffrence there.
By the way we need TV comercials to market Linux like this. Nothing short of tv comercials will work. We need to market Linux to the younger college/highschool crowd not the adults.
Put Linux Commercials on MTV. Make it seem like a huge movement, perhaps complete with protests and people throwinng their windows computers in the trash.
You know, something like what was done for those anti tabacco commercials.
Joe Sixpack was willing to buy Windows2k, WindowsXP etc, I mean even though his programs broke, it was the Windows name that sold those OS's.
The Games may not work as well, But Microsoft marketed it as a new upgrade,
Linux people should market linux as an UPGRADE.
Tell them go ahead and use Windows, but when you are tired of crashing, dealing with viruses, and want freedom to burn cds and have freedom in software choices.
Graduate to Linux.
Thats why everyone returned windows NT and XP right?
Not everyone has thousands of dollars, some people own PCs, some people want to play GAMES.
OSX has a nicer GUI than Linux, but its not a PC OS, its game support is no better than Linux, It wont run more Windows programs than Linux.
I think Lindows is the best choice for a Desktop PC owner.
mandrake(in very small letters)SOFT
Windows XP service pack.
Have commercials telling users its an upgrade from "WindowS"
Demonstrate it in a mall, using a theme which looks exactly like XP.
99.9 percent of all users wont know the diffrence, it will be like coke vs pepsi.
What needs to be done, is marketing, thats what Linux is currently missing, With Windows as a generic name, all the Marketing Microsoft put into it, can be transfered to Linux distros
But if you wanted to use Windows and Linux software at the same time, What would you use?
I guess you are too ignorant to understand that some people like linux better than Windows and want to use ONE OS not dualboot all day.
Its time to give Microsoft some real competition, if Windows is deemed a generic word its ALL OVER for the microsoft monopoly.