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Community Talk => News And Other Events => Topic started by: pixiestyx on October 19, 2011, 08:24:43 AM

Title: Salt appears to be the breakthrough in HDD density
Post by: pixiestyx on October 19, 2011, 08:24:43 AM

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Researchers in Singapore have discovered a way to bump up hard disk storage capacity to six times current figures, and all it takes is a pinch of sodium chloride -- also known as chemical grade table salt.

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-10/17/disk-space-enhanced-with-salt

Title: Re: Salt appears to be the breakthrough in HDD density
Post by: TastyTaste on October 19, 2011, 12:00:58 PM

good stuffs

Title: Re: Salt appears to be the breakthrough in HDD density
Post by: fury on October 19, 2011, 09:29:51 PM

why the shit didnt i think of that before?

Title: Re: Salt appears to be the breakthrough in HDD density
Post by: pixiestyx on October 19, 2011, 09:45:32 PM

Cause you're not an uber smart asian math guy like lolz?

Title: Re: Salt appears to be the breakthrough in HDD density
Post by: Joeseph Geobbels on October 19, 2011, 11:03:57 PM

salt? wtf?

Title: Re: Salt appears to be the breakthrough in HDD density
Post by: TastyTaste on October 20, 2011, 02:41:02 PM

why nots sugar?

Title: Re: Salt appears to be the breakthrough in HDD density
Post by: Joeseph Geobbels on October 21, 2011, 10:55:38 AM

so its still going to be platters? god dammit. im waiting for SSDs to be $1/gb

Title: Re: Salt appears to be the breakthrough in HDD density
Post by: pixiestyx on October 21, 2011, 11:03:15 AM

I just want to get an old Dell storage array with 146 GB 15K Scsi 320 drives, and make a giant raid.  Yay fast shit.