An Australian researcher has worked out how to store 1000TB on a CD

Every day, humans are producing more data than ever before – around 90% of the world’s data was generated in the past two years alone – and there will come a point when our data storage centres and the cloud can no longer keep up.

But Dr Zongsong Gan, a researcher at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, has found a revolutionary way we can fit a whole lot more data onto traditional optical storage devices, such as CDs, and is now using that technology to help data storage keep up with demand.

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Well done that lad.

CrazyNeutrino said:

around 90% of the world’s data was generated in the past two years alone -

I wonder if that is true.

The Rev Dodgson said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

around 90% of the world’s data was generated in the past two years alone -

I wonder if that is true.

Whilst it may not be accurate there is that general trend otherwise.

The Rev Dodgson said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

around 90% of the world’s data was generated in the past two years alone -

I wonder if that is true.

Quite possible when you consider the things that are being recorded/stored (such as every phone call being made in the US and most, if not all, elsewhere) that weren’t being recorded in the past.

>I wonder if that is true.

yes minus all that duplicated….

and of that replicated…….at what point does that recombined become transformed into something new…

like I have maybe 3000 music files, orginals and various modifides, and there’re copies/duplicates

and at what point does data become information, and further when or what makes its potential useful.

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

around 90% of the world’s data was generated in the past two years alone -

I wonder if that is true.

Whilst it may not be accurate there is that general trend otherwise.

Distinct pissabolity I recon

According to the article, the researcher got 1000TB on a DVD, not a CD.

The Rev Dodgson said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

around 90% of the world’s data was generated in the past two years alone -

I wonder if that is true.

I reckon CrazyNeutrino just made that bit up, for effect!

*wink

Aquila said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

around 90% of the world’s data was generated in the past two years alone -

I wonder if that is true.

I reckon CrazyNeutrino just made that bit up, for effect!

*wink

>> around 90% of the world’s bs was generated in the past two years alone _fixed

Tamb said:

Aquila said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I wonder if that is true.

I reckon CrazyNeutrino just made that bit up, for effect!

*wink

>> around 90% of the world’s bs was generated in the past two years alone _fixed

+1
…and 90% of that came from politicians

Aquila said:

Tamb said:

Aquila said:

I reckon CrazyNeutrino just made that bit up, for effect!

*wink

>> around 90% of the world’s bs was generated in the past two years alone _fixed

+1
…and 90% of that came from politicians

I reckon you kids underestimate the volume of both data and bullshit that was generated before Feb 2013.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Aquila said:

Tamb said:

>> around 90% of the world’s bs was generated in the past two years alone _fixed

+1
…and 90% of that came from politicians

I reckon you kids underestimate the volume of both data and bullshit that was generated before Feb 2013.

We’re doing a fairly good job of generating bs right here.

Tamb said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Aquila said:

+1
…and 90% of that came from politicians

I reckon you kids underestimate the volume of both data and bullshit that was generated before Feb 2013.

We’re doing a fairly good job of generating bs right here.

hear hear.

Tamb said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Aquila said:

+1
…and 90% of that came from politicians

I reckon you kids underestimate the volume of both data and bullshit that was generated before Feb 2013.

We’re doing a fairly good job of generating bs right here.

Largely this is a processing station. I’m not sure we have the dedication or the talent to produce any bs that stands the test of time.

I just did a search on:
total volume data graph

and over half the hits on the first page were related to bitcoin.

The bitcoin scam marketers must be doing something right.

Postpocelipse said:

Tamb said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I reckon you kids underestimate the volume of both data and bullshit that was generated before Feb 2013.

We’re doing a fairly good job of generating bs right here.

Largely this is a processing station. I’m not sure we have the dedication or the talent to produce any bs that stands the test of time.

Well a lot of us have been here since early SSSF days & we’re still generating.

Tamb said:

Postpocelipse said:

Tamb said:

We’re doing a fairly good job of generating bs right here.

Largely this is a processing station. I’m not sure we have the dedication or the talent to produce any bs that stands the test of time.

Well a lot of us have been here since early SSSF days & we’re still generating.

The test of bs is whether others outside your group begin to believe. This generally requires focussing on a pet-bs. Rolling in every subject that comes along only confuses the sniffers.

:P

Postpocelipse said:

Tamb said:

Postpocelipse said:

Largely this is a processing station. I’m not sure we have the dedication or the talent to produce any bs that stands the test of time.

Well a lot of us have been here since early SSSF days & we’re still generating.

The test of bs is whether others outside your group begin to believe. This generally requires focussing on a pet-bs. Rolling in every subject that comes along only confuses the sniffers.

:P

Yair. Them chemtrails are real so there!

Tamb said:

Postpocelipse said:

Tamb said:

Well a lot of us have been here since early SSSF days & we’re still generating.

The test of bs is whether others outside your group begin to believe. This generally requires focussing on a pet-bs. Rolling in every subject that comes along only confuses the sniffers.

:P

Yair. Them chemtrails are real so there!

… don’t forget to stomp off……….

The Rev Dodgson said:

I just did a search on:
total volume data graph

and over half the hits on the first page were related to bitcoin.

The bitcoin scam marketers must be doing something right.

Obviously your web browser is biased from previous searches over the last few months!

I just did the same search request and over half the hits on the first page related to boobies and bikini models

*wink

Postpocelipse said:

Tamb said:

Postpocelipse said:

The test of bs is whether others outside your group begin to believe. This generally requires focussing on a pet-bs. Rolling in every subject that comes along only confuses the sniffers.

:P

Yair. Them chemtrails are real so there!

… don’t forget to stomp off……….

They’re up there to make people get their kids vaccinated.

Aquila said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I just did a search on:
total volume data graph

and over half the hits on the first page were related to bitcoin.

The bitcoin scam marketers must be doing something right.

Obviously your web browser is biased from previous searches over the last few months!

I just did the same search request and over half the hits on the first page related to boobies and bikini models

*wink

I just did the search on the work computer & got lots of bitcion hits.
Not surprising, we have quite a few woo wos working here.

We’re doing a fairly good job of generating bs right here.

pfffft, speak for yourselves.

CrazyNeutrino said:

An Australian researcher has worked out how to store 1000TB on a CD

Every day, humans are producing more data than ever before – around 90% of the world’s data was generated in the past two years alone – and there will come a point when our data storage centres and the cloud can no longer keep up.

But Dr Zongsong Gan, a researcher at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, has found a revolutionary way we can fit a whole lot more data onto traditional optical storage devices, such as CDs, and is now using that technology to help data storage keep up with demand.

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“This advance required them breaking a physical barrier known as the diffraction limit of light. Light cannot be split any smaller than around 500 nanometres, and before their work it was thought that, because of this, light wasn’t capable of writing bits of information smaller than 500 nanometres across. But by using two-light-beams with different abilities, the scientists managed to whittle down the point of light writing the data to just nine nanometres across, or one ten thousandth the diameter of a human hair.”

I’ve heard of breaking the diffraction limit of light before. There are several ways. One is to use an anti-diffusion mask. A second way is to use a liquid with a high refractive index. A third way is to replace the light waves by X-rays.

But none of those three ways is capable of getting down from 500 nanometres to just 9 nanometres! That’s startlingly good. The distance 9 nanometres is easily measured in number of atom diameters.

In addition, I note the future possibility of using the two-light-beam method to affect atoms WITHIN a crystal, not just on the surface, possibly giving an extra level of data storage in the third dimension. That’s something that can’t be done using a simple Xenon atom switch.