12-9-2011, 09:33 PM | #1 |
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HDD capacity breakthrough
Well, since this place isn't getting much any activity, I'll just post this.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/20...lt/#more-81238 For those too lazy to click: Sodium chloride does awesome shit. Seriously, click the link. |
12-9-2011, 11:27 PM | #2 |
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Re: HDD capacity breakthrough
Go pour salt on HDD:
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12-9-2011, 11:32 PM | #3 |
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Re: HDD capacity breakthrough
wow interesting
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12-9-2011, 11:46 PM | #4 |
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Re: HDD capacity breakthrough
what would make him want to put salt in the solution rofl
neat-o discovery though could mean cheaper HDDs yay \o/
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12-9-2011, 11:52 PM | #5 |
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Re: HDD capacity breakthrough
Probably did some science first before he tried
just sayin
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12-9-2011, 11:56 PM | #6 |
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Re: HDD capacity breakthrough
or it was some freak accident which prefer to believe
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12-10-2011, 12:16 AM | #7 |
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Re: HDD capacity breakthrough
Like penicillin and artificial sweeteners, the best science is the science you **** up.
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12-10-2011, 09:23 AM | #8 |
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Re: HDD capacity breakthrough
Heard of it a few weeks back (Well hey I live in the country that did it). Was thinking about taking an old HDD and pouring salt all over just to see whether or not I get free extra space.
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12-10-2011, 10:00 AM | #9 | |
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Cheaper to produce higher space HD's, but I feel like marketing would still keep the prices high, if not higher than they are now just because of new technology. |
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12-11-2011, 01:16 AM | #10 |
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They raise the price of HDDs just because of newer technology? What? May as well sell it higher and then throw in a free bag of salt.
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12-11-2011, 01:58 AM | #11 |
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Re: HDD capacity breakthrough
It's more than just sprinkling salt on a hardrive platter. There was R&D, new proccess to make the disks, new BIOS on the HDD's chip; mostly the R&D though. New technologies always go down in price but start high when it's new to pay for app that stuff. *
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