Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 months agoA 5MB Hard Drive, 1956sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1343arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1343arrow-down1imageA 5MB Hard Drive, 1956sh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 months agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareguyrocket@kbin.socialcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up18·6 months agoI really think it is amazing that now we can put exponentially more data than this in a pocket. And that most humans now carry pocket computers that can access astounding amounts of information. The information age really is amazing.
minus-squareDandomRude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·6 months agoAnd yet somehow there are still flat earthers and the like carrying around tons of data that proves them wrong but they just don’t care.
minus-squarecrashoverride@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoI wonder how big a space we’d need to accommodate for just 100 gigs, using the footprint of this 5MB drive?
I really think it is amazing that now we can put exponentially more data than this in a pocket. And that most humans now carry pocket computers that can access astounding amounts of information.
The information age really is amazing.
And yet somehow there are still flat earthers and the like carrying around tons of data that proves them wrong but they just don’t care.
I wonder how big a space we’d need to accommodate for just 100 gigs, using the footprint of this 5MB drive?
20 thousand of them.