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P3D I don't like to be pedantic but...


  • From: Dylan The Hippy Wabbit <spacey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: P3D I don't like to be pedantic but...
  • Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 11:08:51 +0000 (GMT)

Hi all,

Bob Wier said,

>I hear from colleagues that use of a solid state crystalline substance
>and lasers will give a quantum leap (pardon the pun) forward in
>information storage density, perhaps in 10 years if nothing goes
>seriously wrong.

Bearing in mind the opening disclaimer, a physicist will tell you that a
quantum leap is the smallest possible change.  The use of the phrase by
marketing suits is generally an attack of unintentional honesty.  :-D

Joking apart, let's hope this one comes to fruition.  Does any one else
remember Bubble RAM?

Dave Spacey

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