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Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my [message #51632 is a reply to message #51631]

Fri, 01 December 2006 13:39

Paul Van Delst[1]
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R.G. Stockwell wrote:
> "Pete Warner" <warner.pete@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1164983221.424081.106940@f1g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> I guess I've been thinking about asking for an upgrade. Maybe I already
>> got it. Anybody know if Windows Vista can address 16 exabytes or will I
>> need Linux for that?
>
> Has mankind even measured 16 exabytes of data in all of human history?
> I wonder what the spectrum of that looks like?

I know it's O(6) less, but I was in a meeting the other day when a colleague walked in
with a 4TB portable HDD (containing global reanalysis "nature run" data) and casually
mentioned that the other four disks will be arriving soon.

It wasn't that long ago that a terabyte was something that involved a sizeable budget and
a tape robot.... now you buy multiples at the local Circuit City. I also remember thinking
how on earth could I *ever* fill the 20MB hard drive on my new 8088-CPU PC back in the
80's....

Maybe exabyte HDD's aren't too far away once some new physics is discovered (writing into
the other 8 or so spatial dimensions of the universe? :o)

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		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Foldy Lajos on Mon, 04 December 2006 05:25
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: news.qwest.net on Sat, 02 December 2006 09:47
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Foldy Lajos on Sat, 02 December 2006 01:59
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Fri, 01 December 2006 16:09
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: news.qwest.net on Fri, 01 December 2006 15:53
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Fri, 01 December 2006 13:39
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: news.qwest.net on Fri, 01 December 2006 12:56
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Pete Warner on Fri, 01 December 2006 11:32
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Karl Schultz on Fri, 01 December 2006 11:19
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: David Fanning on Fri, 01 December 2006 11:16
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: JD Smith on Fri, 01 December 2006 11:03
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Jean H. on Fri, 01 December 2006 10:41
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Foldy Lajos on Fri, 01 December 2006 10:14
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Pete Warner on Fri, 01 December 2006 09:31
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Paolo Grigis on Fri, 01 December 2006 07:42
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: David Fanning on Fri, 01 December 2006 07:25
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Pete Warner on Fri, 01 December 2006 07:15
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Pete Warner on Fri, 01 December 2006 06:27
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Paolo Grigis on Fri, 01 December 2006 00:53
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: Paolo Grigis on Fri, 01 December 2006 00:51
		Re: objects, crashes, and negative memory oh my By: David Fanning on Thu, 30 November 2006 19:16

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