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[65.0.92.237]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j13sm23817922ani.19.2011.10.28.04.36.49 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:36:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4EAA93D0.9000906@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:36:48 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111022 Firefox/7.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.4.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Hard drive RPMs and data speed. References: <4EA9130A.6070807@gmail.com> <2251997.4gxL5gE8u7@localhost> <4EA9952A.4030909@gmail.com> <4EA9A7CB.7060403@binarywings.net> <4EAA2B50.8030103@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: fb1fc11c5224d328f2cc87b13367bd64 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Dale wrote: >> Florian Philipp wrote: >>> Am 27.10.2011 19:30, schrieb Dale: >>> I just wonder how much data they will be able to pack into a 3.5" drive >>> tho. Hmmmmm. Surely they will run out of room at some point. I mean, >>> the heads have got to have a little room to work with. >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> :-) :-) >>> >>> Well, then this story might cheer you up ;) >>> >>> http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/10/researchers-increase-hard-drive-density-sixfold-with-salt.ars >>> >>> Regards, >>> Florian Philipp >>> >> Good Golly Ms Molly. >> >> "and have been able to fabricate magnetic storage media with a density of >> 3.3 terabits per square inch." >> >> What is there about 10 or 12 square inches for a 3.5" drive? That's about >> 30TBs. O_O That would take me a while to fill up even if I had a really >> fast DSL line. WOW !! >> >> Hmmmm, NCIS, all the CSI's, Criminal Minds, Numb3rs, and lots of others. >> Heck, I could cut off DirecTv then. Just get that Hulu thingy and go nuts. >> Does Hulu work with Linux? Seems I read it doesn't. Anyway, still a LOT >> of shows. >> >> Dale > Hulu works with Linux last time I tried but I typically use a Windows > VM to watch it.. > > NetFlix works with Linux but only in a Windows VM. > > Amazon streams now but I haven't tried them yet. (Watch out for 'One > Touch' and accidentally spending money...) > > Most of the TV networks have web site streaming of their programs > which work in Linux. > > I vaguely remember reading somewhere that it would take 6TB to > digitize the Library of Congress. Whether that's true or not, we're > close to the point where every person can have a personal copy of the > Library of Congress. > > - Mark > > I have to say this. I worked at a computer place in the late 80's. Back then a 25Mhz CPU was fast as lightening. Hard drives were maybe 100MBs. Memory, lucky if you have a 1 or 2Mbs. Now look where we are. I'm still trying to play Steve Jobs and imagine where we will be 20 years from now. I'm real bad to download videos. I have been working on NCIS here the past few weeks. I try to get HD when I can. One day I hope to hook my TV up to my puter. I have a HDMI connector on the video card and my TV has a couple on the back of it. I just don't know yet how to make them work or if they work already. I need to test that one day. Anyway, if I get enough stuff downloaded, I could in theory suspend DirecTv for a month or two. Put the money on some bills. Oh, I use downloadhelper to get the videos. It stopped working with Seamonkey 2.4 so back to using Firefox right now. It keeps crashing tho. Still scratching my head on that one. ;-) Hulu works with Linux huh? I got to remember that. I did know that Netflix didn't tho. I thought about trying it but they went up. Life. Dale :-) :-)