Pioneer Ultraviolet Laser Promises 500GB Discs 298
No Fortune writes "Here's an article indicating that Pioneer is developing an ultraviolet laser for data storage. Since the wavelength of ultraviolet lasers is shorter than the wavelength of blue lasers, the beams are finer and they can pack more data into per square inch. This gives a data rate 20 times more than the blue laser Blue-ray disk."
In The Mysterious Future! (Score:5, Funny)
Here's an article indicating that Microsoft is developing a gamma laser [theinquirer.net] for data storage. Since the wavelength of gamma lasers is shorter than the wavelength of ultraviolet lasers, the beams are finer and they can pack more data into per square inch. This gives a data rate 1,000,000 times more than the ultraviolet laser discs.
All I can say is (Score:5, Funny)
So... (Score:2, Funny)
(I'm a fan of blue...)
Re:In The Mysterious Future! (Score:5, Funny)
Sweet, so Office XP 2k13 will still fit on one disc!
Why are we waiting? (Score:5, Funny)
So can we write-protect (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Blue, Ultraviolet, Meh (Score:3, Funny)
Better not put your feet under the table either or they might get cancer and fall off!
Sweet Jesus! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ultraviolet? (Score:3, Funny)
UT (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Where is the end for "optical" media? (Score:3, Funny)
CD stuck in drive.
ME: "You wouldn't like it when I'm angry. I have all my data on that cd."
BARGhhhhhhhhh@#$@#$ [Transforms into Hulk]
Hulk SMASH!
No no no... (Score:3, Funny)
DVD lasers are red
Blu-ray lasers are blue
Sugar is sweet
And I love you
Re:why now? (Score:2, Funny)
Blu-rays are blue.
UV DVD's store your data,
But WHEN? I have no clue.
*:)P*
heh... (Score:2, Funny)
No (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Blue, Ultraviolet, Meh (Score:1, Funny)
Is it the same?
Re:In The Mysterious Future! (Score:3, Funny)
Gamma-Ray Discs (Score:2, Funny)
Re:In The Mysterious Future! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:In The Mysterious Future! (Score:1, Funny)
For the sake of fairness, I'd make a Redhat joke if I didn't fear mod retribution.
Re:In The Mysterious Future! (Score:1, Funny)
I'm sure the zealot mods would think you're "Insightful".
For now I'll just make their confused heads spin by implying that RH is not bloated, at the same time as I'm stating that Linux has too few apps.
Disney (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Why are we waiting? (Score:1, Funny)
Well then we would have to hope that windows can stay on that long without crashing or needing a reboot!
500GB hard drive hard discs (Score:2, Funny)
Re:why now? (Score:3, Funny)
dvd lasers are blue...
all your discs have degraded...
no more pr0n collection for you!
Re:In The Mysterious Future! (Score:2, Funny)
Ah, with all the exciting technological discoveries and such happening recently it's starting to look like Terrance Mckenna may be right. Timewave Zero anyone? : )