__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Monday 27 November 2006 16:48 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Jim Richardson
> <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 14:30:36 -0800
> <c5hp34-tlt.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:43:39 +0000,
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> __/ [ Gordon ] on Friday 24 November 2006 17:14 \__
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Forget about the paperless office.
>>>>
>>>> I think it was forgotten some FIFTEEN years ago.....
>>>> You'll never get a paperless office with all the dorks in the Outlook
>>>> groups asking how to print emails automatically.....
>>>
>>>
>>> Scam of Indian student developing technology to store 450 GB of data on a
>>> sheet of paper
>>>
>>> "This story was first reported by Arab News and later other media outlets
>>> started quoting them.
>>> This shows how technically illiterate the news reporters are.."
>>>
>>> http://itsoup.blogspot.com/2006/11/scam-of-indian-student-developing.html
>>
>>
>> it's amusing that some people actually bought that story. It was
>> obviously bullshit from the start.
>>
>
> Maybe, but consider this:
>
> 5 1/4" disc surface area: 21.647 square inches
> Paper surface area: 93.5 square inches
> 5 1/4" total surface area: 108.238 square inches
> (assuming 3 platters, 5 surfaces, 1 servo surface)
>
> Now, I've seen 500 gigabyte drives on the market.
> Therefore, 450 GB on paper would be possible, if the paper
> had the same mirror-shiny surface of a disk platter and the
> same information density. The access would be far slower,
> of course, and the head design would be quite different
> (can't fly over at slow speeds!) unless someone actually
> were to *spin* the paper (hmm, what was the name of that
> painting toy?), which would probably be best done in a
> more traditional drive format anyway.
Here's a nice video that I watch the other day (somewhere along my 'Linux
route'):
http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/11/peep-into-how-compact-discs-are.html
This addresses some of these material properties you were referring to. Hope
you enjoy it...
Best wishes,
Roy
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