Am Mittwoch, 15. September 2004 17:26 schrieb Andrea Campi: > On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 10:59:36AM -0500, Sam wrote: > > Call me crazy, but does anyone else see this as hooey? 2^64 512B > > sectors is 8192 zettabytes (zetta, exa, peta, tera, ...). > > [...] > > > Crappy marketing articles. > > This one's good though. fortune(6) worthy, I mean: > > Populating 128-bit file systems would exceed the quantum limits of > earth-based storage. You couldn't fill a 128-bit storage pool without > boiling the oceans.
An technical facility with an diameter of 1 centimeter could store 10 ^ 66 bits. The maximal capability is limited by the entropy of the system, the whole visible universe has an entropy of 10 ^ 100 bits. The absolute border is the holographic border, a system increasing information storage over the holographic border will turn into a black hole. (see also Three Roads to Quantum Gravity, Von Lee Simolin, Basic Books, 2002) This may be stuff for an fortune ;) -- /\/\ichael Ranner [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------- BSD Usergroup Austria - http://www.bugat.at/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- GIT/CS/AT dx(-) s+:(++:) a- C++ UBLVS++++$ P++>+++$ L-(+)$ E--- W+++$ N+(++) o-- K- w--()$ O-(--) M@ V-(--) PS+>++ PE(-) Y+ PGP(-) t+ 5+ X+++(++++) R* tv++ b+(++) DI++ D-(--) G- e h--(*) r++ y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"