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Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @02:46PM from the don't-we-all-do-this-sometimes dept.

supersandra writes "News.com reports that companies are exploring how to use molten silicon, designer molecules, and even protein globules from cows as data storage media. The media made by Nanochip using molten silicon, called ovonic media, is similar to CDs or DVDs but can store much more data because the tools for reading and writing data could potentially be 25x smaller. Nanochip demonstrated a 1-inch square chip of material that could contain a terabit of data. ZettaCore has created a complex molecule that can retain or release up to eight electrons, exhibiting a voltage level that can be read as data, and thus each molecule can represent 4 bits of data. Another company, NanoMagnetics, uses a magnetic core surrounded by animal protein, and can also achieve a terabit of data per square inch."

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Cow Protein Storage? (Score:5, Funny)

by grunt107 ( 739510 ) writes: on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @02:48PM (#9762913)

And you thought DVD rot was bad!

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- Re:Cow Protein Storage? (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by severoon ( 536737 ) writes:
  
  I would upgrade my hard drive to something with this kind of density if it weren't for the smell!
  
  sev
- Re:Cow Protein Storage? (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by ifreakshow ( 613584 ) * writes:
  
  Can't wait till my hard drive gets mad cow.
  - Re:Cow Protein Storage? (Score:2)
    
    by Sepper ( 524857 ) writes:
    
    Can't wait till my hard drive gets mad cow.
    
    Or the other wait around...
    
    "Your big Mac is going to be late. We had to clear the W32.StuffIT.AA virus out of it..."
    
    And if this ever captures the market, I'm sure someone will pattern the idea of the 2 headed Brahmin From the Fallout games...
    "Twice the head, Twice the stomachs, Twice the storage! At the same Low Low Price!"
    
    I have the feeling that every comment on this story is going to be anything except Serious...
    - Re:Cow Protein Storage? (Score:2)
      
      by w3weasel ( 656289 ) writes:
      
      UGH! awwww.... eewww!
      HONEY! Ther are MAGGOTS in the memory!
      - Re:Cow Protein Storage? (Score:2)
        
        by grunt107 ( 739510 ) writes:
        
        Must be a MS worm
  - - - Re:Cow Protein Storage? (Score:2, Offtopic)
        
        by Dyolf Knip ( 165446 ) writes:
        
        Supposedly it causes the blood vessels in your eyes to contract which somehow makes you sneeze.
        /shrug
- Re:Cow Protein Storage? (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by nametaken ( 610866 ) writes:
  
  Yeah, my temperature concerns have just escalated. Looks like my future drive coolers will have to be made by Frigidaire.
  - Look at the bright side (Score:2, Funny)
    
    by Engineer-Poet ( 795260 ) writes:
    
    You could accomplish secure data destruction and give yourself a protein supplement... at the same time!
- Re:Cow Protein Storage? (Score:2)
  
  by Rei ( 128717 ) writes:
  
  Great... another thing we vegetarians need to try to avoid purchasing :P
  - Re:Cow Protein Storage? (Score:2)
    
    by drinkypoo ( 153816 ) writes:
    
    Unless you're a vegan, it shouldn't bother you much. I know plenty of vegetarians who wear leather... And I try not to associate myself with vegans.
    - Re:Cow Protein Storage? (Score:2)
      
      by Rei ( 128717 ) writes:
      
      The difference between "vegetarian" and "vegan" is eggs and milk. Leather still involves killing a cow.
      - Re:Cow Protein Storage? (Score:2)
        
        by Rei ( 128717 ) writes:
        
        In practice, however, the only generalizable difference is eggs and milk (and, like you said, honey). People who are vegetarian for moral reasons don't use any products which require animals to die. Milk, honey, and eggs do not require animals to die.
        
        I'm speaking as a vegetarian but not a vegan, BTW.
- Was that Jerky? (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by ackthpt ( 218170 ) * writes:
  
  <Homer>
  Ooooh! Beef jerky! Rghghgh.. *chomp* *chomp* *gulp* Aahhh!
  </Homer>
  
  Hey, has anyone seen our system backup?
  <Homer>
  D'oh!
  </Homer>
Storing data in protein globs? (Score:5, Funny)

by The Ultimate Fartkno ( 756456 ) writes: on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @02:48PM (#9762919)

If it's anything like the data in my secret directory, I forsee an irony overload of epic proportions.

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- Re:Storing data in protein globs? (Score:2)
  
  by wankledot ( 712148 ) writes:
  
  god help you if it includes "protein globules from cows" as well.
So... (Score:4, Funny)

by The-Bus ( 138060 ) writes: on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @02:48PM (#9762921)

With cows having several stomachs, can you have a RAID then? How do you defragment the drives? Cowto-Bismol? And I'm saying right now I'm not gonna be the one that's going to "retrieve" the drives that aren't needed in the cow anymore.

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- You should erase the drives with these: (Score:2)
  
  by Kris Thalamus ( 555841 ) * writes:
  
  Every good sysadmin should have a few cow magnets [magnetsource.com] to spare.
Protein Memory (Score:3, Funny)

by Mad Bad Rabbit ( 539142 ) writes: on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @02:48PM (#9762922)

Great, now the places that ban USB keys as a 'security risk'
will also ban beef jerky.

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Ok? (Score:2)

by Comatosis ( 798554 ) writes:

Cow Guts eh..next they will use human brains! ;)
- Sentient meat? (Score:4, Funny)
  
  by djh101010 ( 656795 ) * writes: on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @02:56PM (#9763035) Homepage Journal
  
  Come on, you expect me to believe that this meat can _think_?
  
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  - Re:Sentient meat? (Score:2)
    
    by Tackhead ( 54550 ) writes:
    
    > Come on, you expect me to believe that this meat can _think_?
    "So where does the thinking happen? Where is the memory stored?"
    "Globules of protein in the intestines of cows."
    "Bullshit!"
    "Yes, precisely! You're getting it!"
Is this kosher? (Score:2, Funny)

by DrewMIT ( 98823 ) writes:

anyone more familiar with kashrut than I know if this would be considered kosher? Like if an observant Jew were to handle the media would he then not be able to have a dairy meal?

This is a serious, if off topic, question. Anyone?
- Re:Is this kosher? (Score:5, Insightful)
  
  by KevinKnSC ( 744603 ) * writes: on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @02:53PM (#9762988)
  
  Similarly, would these offend the Hindu belief that cows are sacred, thus ending Indian outsourcing?
  
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  - No. (Score:2)
    
    by mfh ( 56 ) writes:
    
    Indian outsourcing will never end. They'll just find cow replacements, and considering how much they hate Pakistan... well you can only imagine the horrible spell jamming technology that will ensue. [obscure reference #58830]
  - Re:Is this kosher? (Score:4, Funny)
    
    by petsounds ( 593538 ) writes: on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @03:36PM (#9763474)
    
    Well, it will definitely offend vegans such as myself. I imagine Hindus wouldn't be too keen on this, either. And what about the anti-GMO movement in Europe?
    
    I never thought I'd have to worry about whether my media storage contains animal parts! What's next, hooking up genetically-altered electro-hamsters as a power supply?
    
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    - Re:Is this kosher? (Score:2)
      
      by micromoog ( 206608 ) writes:
      
      Well, it will definitely offend vegans such as myself.
      I guess I should tell you, then, that your computer's case already contains animal products [vegsource.com].
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      by KevinKnSC ( 744603 ) * writes:
      
      Agreed. I've said some insightful things, here and there, but this one was really going for funny.
- Re:Is this kosher? (Score:2, Informative)
  
  by dr_dank ( 472072 ) writes:
  
  You should be ok as long as you don't eat the cow drive and wash it down with a glass of milk.
  - Re:Is this kosher? (Score:3, Informative)
    
    by Billy the Mountain ( 225541 ) writes:
    
    Yeah, but I thought it was not kosher to wear, for example, leather shoes while attending a Green Bay Packers game wearing the obligatory cheese hat.
Next-generation storage for old generation RPGs... (Score:3, Funny)

by b0r0din ( 304712 ) writes: on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @02:50PM (#9762936)

Running a MOO will never be the same.

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- BS. (Score:2)
  
  by QEDog ( 610238 ) writes:
  
  This article is so much Bull Shit.
  Wow, that wasn't offtopic!
Pouring molten silicon into a cow? (Score:2)

by spun ( 1352 ) writes:

That's despicable! How could they even... Oh. Okay, I read the rest of the article.
[Roseanne Roseannadanna voice] Never mind!
- Re:Pouring molten silicon into a cow? (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by dexter riley ( 556126 ) writes:
  
  You mean [Emily Litella voice]. You should use your [Roseanne Roseannadanana voice] for when you're installing some of this new cow memory into a computer, and you get a itty-bitty glob of cow protein stuck on your fingers! So you try to flick it off the end of your finger, but it just stays there! So you keep flicking it and flicking it, and then you try rolling it around and around on your fingers, and it's just hanging there, and you're looking at this little fleck of cow guts on your finger, and you
I'm not liking this. (Score:5, Funny)

by djh101010 ( 656795 ) * writes: on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @02:51PM (#9762957) Homepage Journal

Makes the whole concept of a "data dump" a lot less appealing.

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- Name that Product! (Score:2)
  
  by PMuse ( 320639 ) writes:
  
  Yes, soon all our memory will be Cow Chips.
ovonic media? (Score:2)

by camusflage ( 65105 ) writes:

According to the article, it's ovonic media. If you're using cow protein globules, wouldn't that be bovinic media??
New Intel Commercials (Score:2)

by ArmenTanzarian ( 210418 ) writes:

EET MOR CHIKIN

or rather, "EET MOR KOW" until they buy those guys out.
- Re:New Intel Commercials (Score:2)
  
  by Dr Caleb ( 121505 ) writes:
  
  EET MOR KOW
  Until the cows wise up and start wearing fake pig masks. Imagine a whole field of cows looking like this going "OINK. OINK OINK." and looking around to see if anyone notices.
Hmm... (Score:2)

by JoeLinux ( 20366 ) writes:

mount /dev/moo? I think I saw a webpage about that once..
- Re:Hmm... (Score:2)
  
  by Sepper ( 524857 ) writes:
  
  <quote>I think I saw a webpage about that once...</quote> Must have been: _________ < cowsay! > --------- \ ^__^ \ (oo)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ ||----w | || || And I'm Sure it had super Cow powers.. Moo!
- Re:Hmm... (Score:2)
  
  by Cat_Byte ( 621676 ) writes:
  
  mount /dev/moo
  mke2fs /dev/moo -L "Moo" -T fatcow
  I guess filesystem type would be fatcow...not fat16 anyway.
I know.... (Score:2)

by Kickstart70 ( 531316 ) writes:

....Let's store the data in self-replicating prions!

Then "Mad Cow" becomes a Good Thing!
Walk into Byte Burger... (Score:2)

by suso ( 153703 ) writes:

I can see it now.
I'll have a 5 terabyte burger, large fries and a coke.
Ancient Tech! (Score:5, Funny)

by MooseByte ( 751829 ) writes: on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @02:56PM (#9763021)

Feh! The Sumerians were reading goat entrails [killer-essays.com] for information ages before this came along.

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Uh oh! (Score:5, Funny)

by cinderful ( 586168 ) writes: on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @02:56PM (#9763033) Homepage

Vegans are gonna be forced to use slower, less compatible soy-protein alternatives.

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- Re:Uh oh! (Score:2)
  
  by kalidasa ( 577403 ) * writes:
  
  Vegans are gonna be forced to use slower, less compatible soy-protein alternatives.
  
  Maybe, but Apple will give them a sexy green polymer shell and call them soyBooks.
- Re:Uh oh! (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by gstoddart ( 321705 ) writes:
  
  Yeah, but overall they'll find their data is more reliable due to fewer hormones and additives.
Interesting stuff... (Score:2, Interesting)

by Arcanix ( 140337 ) writes:

But if you notice only the carbon nanotube idea at the end seems to offer a speed increase which is what we really need. Tons of storage is great but until HDs start increasing in speed significantly they will remain the primary bottleneck in most systems.
In case anyone is wondering... (Score:2)

by AKAImBatman ( 238306 ) writes:

...this is pretty much the type of research a computer scientist does. So if you're thinking of going for your PHD in CompSci, just consider for a moment whether you REALLY want to be combining the math of CompSci, with the Molecular Biology of cow guts.
- Re:In case anyone is wondering... (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by MooseByte ( 751829 ) writes:
  
  "So if you're thinking of going for your PHD in CompSci, just consider for a moment whether you REALLY want to be combining the math of CompSci, with the Molecular Biology of cow guts."
  Instead you can focus on your undergrad CS degree and go straight to combining the long hours of development with the endless bullshit from middle management. :-)
Not as impressive... (Score:4, Informative)

by Roguelazer ( 606927 ) writes: <Roguelazer AT gmail DOT com> on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @02:58PM (#9763055) Homepage Journal

I was really impressed until I saw that it said "terabit". As in 1/8 of a terabyte. Which isn't a terrible lot...

1 terabit = 2^40 bits = 1099511627776 bits
1 terabyte = (2^40) * 8 bits = 8796093022208 bits

:(

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- Re:Not as impressive... (Score:5, Insightful)
  
  by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @03:02PM (#9763114)
  
  It's still 128 gigs... Thats a good deal in my book.
  
  1099511627776 bits = 137438953472 bytes = 134217728 kilobytes = 131072 megabytes = 128 gigabytes.
  
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- Re:Not as impressive... (Score:3, Insightful)
  
  by Dark Lord Seth ( 584963 ) writes:
  
  It's still roughly 131 GB per square inch. Ask any photographer who uses digital cameras often wether 120 GB of of storage would be be considered insignificant.
Mad cow (Score:2)

by mind21_98 ( 18647 ) writes:

I dunno. If the material came from a cow with BSE, the chips might start randomly losing data. ;)
Fisher Price's new update to See 'n Says... (Score:2, Funny)

by shik0me ( 235948 ) writes:

"The cow says 011011010110111101101111!"
- Re:Fisher Price's new update to See 'n Says... (Score:2)
  
  by Stray7Xi ( 698337 ) writes:
  
  Shouldn't 011011010110111101101111 actually be 010011010110111101101111.
  
  Am I the only one on slashdot that thinks 011011010110111101101111 just looks funny.
xb/s (Score:2, Insightful)

by kulakovich ( 580584 ) writes:

achieve a terabit of data per square inch.

yeah. and transfer speeds approaching 1b/sec.

Any idea how slowly RNA encodes a datastream? It ain't quick.

kulakovich
bovonics? (Score:2)

by techmuse ( 160085 ) writes:

Wouldn't that be "bovonics"? Or perhaps Bovinics?
Next thing you know... (Score:2)

by Chatmag ( 646500 ) writes:

AOL will be giving out free sign up discs, disguised as Big Macs.
I can see it now... (Score:2)

by Mr. Bad Example ( 31092 ) writes:

"My new protein storage module doesn't work with my machine."

"Driver conflict?"

"No, lactose intolerance."

Also, regarding the terabit-on-a-chip:

"Nobody move. Help me look on the floor here..."

"Contact lens?"

"No, the Library of Congress."
I'm a PETA member, you insensitive clod! (Score:2)

by theMerovingian ( 722983 ) writes:

Cow guts are inhumane...

use NAUGAHYDE [naugahyde.com] instead.
- Re:I'm a PETA member, you insensitive clod! (Score:2)
  
  by MustardMan ( 52102 ) writes:
  
  People for the Eating of Tasty Animals? YUM.
  
  Or maybe you mean those vegetarian hippies. To them, all I can say is... For every animal [xmission.com]you don't eat [xmission.com], I'm going to eat three [xmission.com]
Associated new product (Score:2)

by be951 ( 772934 ) writes:

Norton Anti-prion.
Oh Great... (Score:2)

by spoonboy42 ( 146048 ) writes:

Here I thought that computing was a hobby that was compatible with my vegetarianism (unlike, say, my Dad's deer hunting). Guess I'll have to switch to underwater basket weaving.
Too many comebacks (Score:2)

by UnknowingFool ( 672806 ) writes:

Storing Data In Cow Guts?
Must . . . resist . . . snide remark. Must . . . talk like . . . Shatner
So.. (Score:2)

by NanoGator ( 522640 ) writes:

... would my dog eating my homework be prior art? If so, I wish that had really happened.
Wait for it... (Score:2)

by Obiwan Kenobi ( 32807 ) writes:

With these new innovations, when you tell the support guy your computer is sick, you're not just jokin around!

*dodges tomatoes*

Thank you, thank you. I'm here all week folks. Who's from Milwaukee?
Will it run under Windows? (Score:4, Funny)

by WormholeFiend ( 674934 ) writes: on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @03:14PM (#9763223)

When I visited the Veterinarian Dept. of a local university, I was shown a cow with a window on its side.

Students could open the window at their convenience to check the insides of the cow.

Ugh.

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- Re:Will it run under Windows? (Score:2)
  
  by British ( 51765 ) writes:
  
  Was that by chance at the University of Minnesota?
- - Re:Will it run under Windows? (Score:2)
    
    by WormholeFiend ( 674934 ) writes:
    
    I just remembered the proper term for it... it was a "fistulated cow".
The biggest problem (Score:2)

by Dark Paladin ( 116525 ) * writes:

Is when we all have computers embedded in our skin, and they start placing spam in our foods to transmit messages to us.

No, not Spam. The other kind. Then again, you have to wonder just what a virus would do to this information transmitting proteins. No, not that kind of virus, the other kind.

No, I don't know which kind either. I just confused myself.
Judging by the article.... (Score:3, Funny)

by boschmorden ( 610937 ) writes: on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @03:18PM (#9763275)

it seems that the (animal) FAT filesysem will be back!

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Moo of death. (Score:4, Funny)

by Trillan ( 597339 ) writes: on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @03:22PM (#9763306) Homepage Journal

Be careful with the Iomega drives. If someone provides you with a bad cow, it may damage your drive such that it damages all other cows you use. The damage is subtle, but eventually all the data on your cows will be lost.

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Extraneous words removed for practical readers... (Score:2)

by stienman ( 51024 ) writes:

... can ... could potentially ... could contain ... can retain ... can be read ... can represent ... can also achieve ...

Thanks, but I'll wait for "does" and "Is on sale for less than $100/terabyte."

-Adam
New School Excuse... (Score:2, Funny)

by TiggertheMad ( 556308 ) writes:

"I'm sorry teacher, but I put my homework on one of those new super DVDs, and it got MadCow disease."
Two things (Score:3, Interesting)

by wurp ( 51446 ) writes: on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @03:25PM (#9763348) Homepage

Firstly, up to 8 electrons stored, unless you can detect which of the electrons is being stored, only yields 3 bits (one molecule can have a "value" of 0-8, actually the last one is superfluous). It would take a range of 0-15 electrons to get 4 bits.

As to ovonics, ovum means egg. Maybe it just refers to the shape and biological nature of the globules.

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Center-Cut hardrives? (Score:2, Funny)

by Blacklantern ( 658383 ) writes:

this would look kinda funny on a spec sheet 2.4ghz processor 512mb memory 6.2oz top sirlion Hard drive I wonder if the heat processor could cook the hard drive? mmmmmmmmmm Dataaaaaaaaaaa
Vegetarians (Score:3, Funny)

by LittleLebowskiUrbanA ( 619114 ) writes: on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @03:33PM (#9763425) Homepage Journal

So how are the vegetatarian/enviromentalists going to react to this? Are they going to protect the environment or protect the cow?

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- Re:Vegetarians (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by drinkypoo ( 153816 ) writes:
  
  Cows' digestive systems produce prodigious amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas. In addition, grazing eventually leads to soil depletion and a loss of topsoil which can change weather patterns and decreases the quantity of arable land. As such, you cannot simultaneously protect cows and the environment.
I can see the future... (Score:2)

by Billy the Mountain ( 225541 ) writes:

ID...Step Name.........Type.................... 1....Backup Database...Transact-SQL Script..... 2....Chew Cud..........Operating System Command
Cult of the Dead Cow (Score:2)

by Lethyos ( 408045 ) writes:

I wonder what the cDc [cultdeadcow.com]'s take is on all of this...
Interfaces (Score:2)

by ledbetter ( 179623 ) writes:

So if your new Hard Drive is made with cow protiens, will the interface be Cereal ATA ? ;)
yes, but (Score:2)

by Knights who say 'INT ( 708612 ) writes:

Will Larry the cow [gentoo.org] be satisfied with the state of current Linux distributions?

Will there be APT (the package management system with Super Moo Powers) repositories in this?
How about ultradensity storage I can actually buy? (Score:2)

by swb ( 14022 ) writes:

These articles show up from time to time here, and they never seem to materialize into real products, at least not at a price point that anyone outside of the Military-Industrial Complex could afford.

What's next for REAL data storage?
Cow Patties! (Score:2)

by john_smith_45678 ( 607592 ) writes:

We have silicon wafers, floppy disks, CD platters, so I nominate the following as a name for this new technology:

Cow Patties!
So.... (Score:2)

by Vinnie_333 ( 575483 ) writes:

So...I should hold out on that 250GB drive I was gonna buy, then?
THREE bits, not FOUR (Score:2)

by Theovon ( 109752 ) writes:

Perhaps I don't get it, but if each molecule can hold up to 8 electrons, and you can somehow determine how many it's holding (but they're interchangable, like storing them unordered in a bucket), then you can only use that to store 9 different values (zero through 8), which is about 3 bits worth of information.

If they're not interchangable, then you have 8 bits, which is... well, 8 bits.

But the fact is, I doubt they can count the electrons, let alone make a measurement without disturbing the molecule, so
This adds a whole new meaning to.... (Score:2, Funny)

by linguae ( 763922 ) writes:

beefing up your computer.
Atkins Danger (Score:2)

by Bruha ( 412869 ) writes:

That's real cool but I'd hate to have to hide my data from carb fearing atkins dieters.
New programming language. (Score:3, Funny)

by BigZaphod ( 12942 ) writes: on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @04:37PM (#9764164) Homepage

Well this is the perfect application of my COW programming language [bigzaphod.org]! It should run like.. umm.. some really fast thing!

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Sickening (Score:2)

by foolip ( 588195 ) writes:

Animals (most of them anyway) aren't ours to make food, clothes or hard-drives from. It's pretty amazing what "products" parts of the dead end up in... I hope this technology never makes it out of the lab.
New Company Name (Score:2)

by chris_mahan ( 256577 ) writes:

Introducing: Menudo Storage Systems.
I Can Go For This! (Score:3, Funny)

by Master of Transhuman ( 597628 ) writes: on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @09:09PM (#9766179) Homepage

Melt humans down and instead of using them for "Soylent Green", use 'em for chips!

Or put another way, use cow chips for chips!

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- Re:Cow chips (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by The Ultimate Fartkno ( 756456 ) writes:
  
  > There is a joke here about cow chips
  
  I'll give it a shot.
  
  "Dude, what's that smell?"
  
  "My system just had a core dump!"
- Re:k-zed (Score:2, Informative)
  
  by James Turpin ( 789479 ) writes:
  
  They might mean that it can vary between -8 and +8 inclusive, which gives 17 states, {-8,-7,-6,-5,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}. You need 16 states for 4 bits, so that would do it. Or maybe you could take advantage of the 17th state by storing data in base-17 rather than hexadecimal - but thats just weird and would require processing to convert. Unfortunately, this will liekly lead to multiple formats depending on how the 17 possible states are mapped to the 16 hexadecimal digits, or whether all 17 stat
- - Re::: ducks :: (Score:5, Funny)
    
    by The Ultimate Fartkno ( 756456 ) writes: on Wednesday July 21, 2004 @03:21PM (#9763295)
    
    If only they can somehow expand this technology to work with proteins from animals from the ursus or lupine families, then imagine the RAIDs you could create.
    
    A bear-wolf cluster, if you will...
    
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    - - Re::: ducks :: (Score:3, Funny)
        
        by uberdave ( 526529 ) writes:
        
        Obviously the animal to use for data storage is the elephant.
- Re:I already store my personal data in cow hide (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  I think we all know what your storing in the cow. If you want to call it "personal data", go for it.
- Re:iCowPod? (Score:2)
  
  by Yaztromo ( 655250 ) writes:
  
  Will apple use this to make crazy iPod's...
  
  Ever try to plug a firewire cable into a cow?
  To paraphrase Kryten [reddwarf.co.uk]: "Now, I presume that, uh, when an iCowPod wants to recharge they do it much the same way mechanoids do. Indeed, I have located what I presume to be the recharging socket, but for some strange reason it doesn't appear to have the standard six-pin adaption. Now, do I have to use some kind of special adaptor? Because no matter what I do, the lead just keeps falling out".
  Yaz.

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Re:Cow Protein Storage? (Score:2)

Re:Cow Protein Storage? (Score:2)

Re:Cow Protein Storage? (Score:2, Offtopic)

Re:Cow Protein Storage? (Score:3, Funny)

Look at the bright side (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Cow Protein Storage? (Score:2)

Re:Cow Protein Storage? (Score:2)

Re:Cow Protein Storage? (Score:2)

Re:Cow Protein Storage? (Score:2)

Was that Jerky? (Score:3, Funny)

Storing data in protein globs? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Storing data in protein globs? (Score:2)

So... (Score:4, Funny)

You should erase the drives with these: (Score:2)

Protein Memory (Score:3, Funny)

Ok? (Score:2)

Sentient meat? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Sentient meat? (Score:2)

Is this kosher? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Is this kosher? (Score:5, Insightful)

No. (Score:2)

Re:Is this kosher? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Is this kosher? (Score:2)

Re:Is this kosher? (Score:2)

Re:Is this kosher? (Score:2, Informative)

Re:Is this kosher? (Score:3, Informative)

Next-generation storage for old generation RPGs... (Score:3, Funny)

BS. (Score:2)

Pouring molten silicon into a cow? (Score:2)

Re:Pouring molten silicon into a cow? (Score:3, Funny)

I'm not liking this. (Score:5, Funny)

Name that Product! (Score:2)

ovonic media? (Score:2)

New Intel Commercials (Score:2)

Re:New Intel Commercials (Score:2)

Hmm... (Score:2)

Re:Hmm... (Score:2)

Re:Hmm... (Score:2)

I know.... (Score:2)

Walk into Byte Burger... (Score:2)

Ancient Tech! (Score:5, Funny)

Uh oh! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Uh oh! (Score:2)

Re:Uh oh! (Score:2, Funny)

Interesting stuff... (Score:2, Interesting)

In case anyone is wondering... (Score:2)

Re:In case anyone is wondering... (Score:3, Funny)

Not as impressive... (Score:4, Informative)

Re:Not as impressive... (Score:5, Insightful)

Re:Not as impressive... (Score:3, Insightful)

Mad cow (Score:2)

Fisher Price's new update to See 'n Says... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Fisher Price's new update to See 'n Says... (Score:2)

xb/s (Score:2, Insightful)

bovonics? (Score:2)

Next thing you know... (Score:2)

I can see it now... (Score:2)

I'm a PETA member, you insensitive clod! (Score:2)

Re:I'm a PETA member, you insensitive clod! (Score:2)

Associated new product (Score:2)

Oh Great... (Score:2)

Too many comebacks (Score:2)

So.. (Score:2)

Wait for it... (Score:2)

Will it run under Windows? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Will it run under Windows? (Score:2)

Re:Will it run under Windows? (Score:2)

The biggest problem (Score:2)

Judging by the article.... (Score:3, Funny)

Moo of death. (Score:4, Funny)

Extraneous words removed for practical readers... (Score:2)

New School Excuse... (Score:2, Funny)

Two things (Score:3, Interesting)

Center-Cut hardrives? (Score:2, Funny)

Vegetarians (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Vegetarians (Score:3, Funny)