Journal RobertB-DC's Journal: Ghost Article: 750GB Hard Drives from Seagate 3
Ghosts of Slashdot: 04/26/2006
[I heard about this on the (non-techie) radio this morning. I figure it got pulled because it's a dupe, but I'm busy at work and can't research it at the moment. Darned work. Gets in the way of my surfing.]
750GB Hard Drives from Seagate
Posted by CmdrTaco in The Mysterious Future!
from the enough-for-everyone's-mp3s dept.
duckets writes "Just when you thought you were running out of room to store all your music/movies/code/etc, Seagate announced on Wednesday April 26, 2006 that will introduce a 750 gig hard drive. Thats 375 hours of standard-definition television programming, about 75 hours of high-definition video, or more than 10,000 music CDs converted to the MP3 digital audio format. According to the Associated Press article the Barracuda 7200.10 will sale for a suggested retail price of $599."
What are the Ghosts of Slashdot?
As a Slashdot Subscriber, I get to see stories before they're posted to the general public. This means that I get to see the mistakes -- the articles that almost made it, but got sent to the cutting room floor at the last minute. They become the Ghosts of Slashdot, a URL that points to nothing.Note that this is NOT the same as whining about article submissions that didn't get accepted! These stories were accepted, posted for subscribers, and then pulled from the site. Their brief existence gives us a glimpse into the Slashdot post-submission process, for those who are interested in what's going on behind the curtain.
Dupe... (Score:2)
Why do people PAY to be volunteer story checkers?
Re:Dupe... (Score:2)
I don't know, really... but it feels like withdrawal symptoms when my subscription runs out and I see the dreaded "... but subscribers can slashdot the links ahead of time!" message. I suspect brain waves, because my cat hasn't been affected thanks to his unique headgear [abandonedstuff.com].
Re:Dupe... (Score:2)
(shrug) Why not? I mean, I've given up sending any feedback to 'daddypants' or whatever the "ignore this feedback" address is, because nothing has ever happened from doing it, but why not kick back a few bucks to the organization that gives so many people good information? Altruistic? Maybe. The fact that I own shares of vmlinux has something to do with it too - let's just say that the dot-bomb losses (if I ever sell) are well more than I'm paying in s