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Musk trashes his own AI after it chose a liberal worldview. RobVG June 23, 2025 9:56 am (CurrentEvents)

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Just for the record... ER June 22, 2025 8:59 am (CurrentEvents)

The Three Unknowns After the U.S. Strike on Iran BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:58 am (CurrentEvents)

There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy. BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:29 am (Flame)

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Wouldn't it be nice BuckGalaxy June 11, 2025 3:13 pm (Off-Topic)

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So, it is official RL June 6, 2025 5:39 pm (Space/Science)

"Remember, what the dormouse said, ER June 5, 2025 4:14 pm (Space/Science)

Portable hard drive June 10, 2011 7:26 am TB

From 1956. 5 MB.

1956 Hard Drive

The cheap thumb drive in my pocket can hold as much data as 3,200 of these things.

  • Looks like it might be a drum memory rather than a disk, but the difference is mainly topological (and interesting ... by Robert 2011-06-14 09:45:50
    • I'd love to plug another drive into my system and make it a full mirror of my C-drive (system/applications) but ... by TB 2011-06-14 10:10:43
      • The only practical way to backup up a modern monster hard drive is another monster hard drive. by Robert 2011-06-15 09:41:17

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