(no subject)

This struck me a few days ago. I don't know why it took so long to sink in.

1 fullest-length CD ~= 700MB
10 = 7GB
100 = 70 GB
1000 = 700 GB
2000 = 1.4 TB
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080710-seagate-breaks-terabyte-barrier-with-new-1-5tb-hard-drive.html
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337
http://www.lse.org/~jailbait/cds.html

$400 (2 drives + raid1 case) = mirror copy of ALL OF MY CDs,
uncompressed.

I love the future, but I still want my flying car!

(Yes, I know the drives format to about 1.3TB, and I know I'm ignoring
various binary vs decimal conversions and lots of rounding, but not all
my cds are full length, and I don't have 2000, anyway, only 1500.)

(no subject)

This struck me a few days ago. I don't know why it took so long to sink in.

1 fullest-length CD ~= 700MB
10 = 7GB
100 = 70 GB
1000 = 700 GB
2000 = 1.4 TB
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080710-seagate-breaks-terabyte-barrier-with-new-1-5tb-hard-drive.html
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337
http://www.lse.org/~jailbait/cds.html

$400 (2 drives + raid1 case) = mirror copy of ALL OF MY CDs,
uncompressed.

I love the future, but I still want my flying car!

(Yes, I know the drives format to about 1.3TB, and I know I'm ignoring
various binary vs decimal conversions and lots of rounding, but not all
my cds are full length, and I don't have 2000, anyway, only 1500.)