Comments on: Hamster powers computer http://www.peacockbird.co.uk/2008/11/27/hamster-powers-computer/ This is the modern way. Communication theory, technology. lifestyle. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:15:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Lonely Dissertator http://www.peacockbird.co.uk/2008/11/27/hamster-powers-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Lonely Dissertator Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:21:32 +0000 http://www.peacockbird.co.uk/?p=118#comment-86 RYC (regarding your comment): Hello! RYC (regarding your comment): Hello!

]]> By: Mark http://www.peacockbird.co.uk/2008/11/27/hamster-powers-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Mark Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:55:39 +0000 http://www.peacockbird.co.uk/?p=118#comment-76 Are you a fan of ridiculous analogies? Such as: "if all the rubbish marketing people speak was physical waste we'd have a landfill problem the same size as the planet Venus"? That sort of thing... well, in light of your storage problem here's one of those kind of things about the modern hard drive: "Consider this little comparison: if the read/write head were a Boeing 747, and the hard-disk platter were the surface of the Earth: * The head would fly at Mach 800 * At less than one centimeter from the ground * And count every blade of grass * Making fewer than 10 unrecoverable counting errors in an area equivalent to all of Ireland. from: http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/476-6-seagate-hard-drive.html Are you a fan of ridiculous analogies? Such as: “if all the rubbish marketing people speak was physical waste we’d have a landfill problem the same size as the planet Venus”? That sort of thing… well, in light of your storage problem here’s one of those kind of things about the modern hard drive:

“Consider this little comparison: if the read/write head were a Boeing 747, and the hard-disk platter were the surface of the Earth:

* The head would fly at Mach 800
* At less than one centimeter from the ground
* And count every blade of grass
* Making fewer than 10 unrecoverable counting errors in an area equivalent to all of Ireland.

from: http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/476-6-seagate-hard-drive.html

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