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Scotch Tape Storage
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Hemos
on Sat Mar 18, 2000 03:21 PM
from the fact-is-stranger-than-fiction dept.
from the fact-is-stranger-than-fiction dept.
Hoss Man writes "It seems like a few techno-heads out there have figured out how to make a 10Gig harddrive out of a roll of Scotch Tape. It would be cooler if it was Duct Tape, but I guess we can't really complain. " Alright, I'm not sure whether I believe it or not, but it looks pretty darn cool.
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Re:It CAN be done.... (Score:3)
I also wonder if it would be ROM or if it would be rewritable and
They state that it's WORM.
RANT>The problem with these stories is that many people read them and don't see that it is only a scientist goofing around.
The use of actual sticky tape is just goofing around I'm certain. Much like the joll-o laser (and the competing vodka laser from the USSR)
Perhaps in a few years, the operating principle can be applied to a usefully stable medium to come up with a really cheap high density WORM. R/W seems unlikely, since the technique seems to involve relaxing of the stress in the backing. I'm not sure if they mean the simple tension from rolling the tape (where the adhesive holds the tension), or the stress on the polymer chains from stretching the backing (probably the latter).
t-rom... (Score:3)
Packing tape as a medium. Want to send some secret files to your friend back in the USSR, write them on packing tape, and use it to wrap the package. He just uses the package reader version to pull the files off the now unrolled tape, but watch out for streaching.
What I like about it is the shear audacity of it. Here is a common product tape and they go and make it into a storage media. Oh, wait it already was a type of storage media. I guess it gives new meaning to binding the bits.
ObUnixJoke (Score:3)
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Re:Error message: (Score:3)
Not Exactly, But Close... (Score:3)
I'm guessing Kristallklar probably translates as "Crystal Clear"?
Heat is not that big a problem. (Score:3)
Heat generation during read/write operations is hardly the biggest problem. Lower the entire thing in a vat of liquid ethane.
Adhesive tapes are made by extruding/casting a liqud layer which is dried to make the polymer film. There are so many problems with getting an uniform film using this technique. Inbuilt stresses during drying, edge effects, etc. etc.
This is one reason LCDs are so expensive. If only they can be made like polymer films...
not scotch tape (Score:3)
Creative means of DeCSS code distribution? (Score:3)
Encode about a hundred thousand copies of css-auth.tar.gz and DeCSS.zip on a roll of tape, then use that roll of tape for your letters, promotions, etc. There's guaranteed to be at least one copy on each section if you write it right, and there are likely hundreds more in case of accidental data loss (read, ripping off and throwing in garbage can).
And better yet, it would be way to expensive for whatever agency was trying to destroy all copies to find which pieces of tape actually contained the code. Of course, the MPAA could just destroy all tape they found, but is that not some kind of criminal act? [evil snicker]
A hard drive? Not quite... (Score:3)
Heat and plastic Tape (Score:3)
Wouldn't the heat caused by rapid reads and writes actually change the data. also, depending on how colse the tape was to other tape, It could easily expand and contract. I noticed in the article, that the tape they were using was on a slide, preventing it from moving. Although the idea is good, I don't see this ever being used in a real world situation.
Next Big Thing - No Joke (Score:4)
Before you laugh this off as funny ("it's tape! Huh huh! That's stoopid!") read the page and check out what they're doing. This is big stuff!
With some very sticky implications...
DOH!
Do: mount -o fingernail -t ext2 /dev/scotch /mnt (Score:5)
one roll of tape.. (Score:5)
One pen laser $20
One roll of Scotch Tape $3
One more way to piss of the MPAA Priceless
Transition... (Score:5)
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It CAN be done.... (Score:5)
(RANT>The problem with these stories is that many people read them and don't see that it is only a scientist goofing around. It is amazing to see here on Slashdot the reaction research results. People assume that because it has been done in a lab it is therefore possible to do it anytime, any place, anywhere. Fact is, you can't. Most inventions are only proof of concept and need alot of work before they can be used by you or me. Now next time you see a cool invention, understand that it takes at least 2 to 3 years t end up on your desktop.
Error message: (Score:5)
Forget duct tape storage (Score:5)
You'd be faced with a dilema, fix the printer and lose your 3rd backup of Win95.
Have a paper clip, I need it to make a helicopter.
Possible Error Messages: (Score:5)