Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261426AbVERMpg (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2005 08:45:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261996AbVERMpf (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2005 08:45:35 -0400 Received: from smtp-out.rrz.uni-koeln.de ([134.95.19.53]:49133 "EHLO smtp-out.rrz.uni-koeln.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261762AbVERMou (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2005 08:44:50 -0400 Message-ID: <428B394A.8070501@uni-koeln.de> Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 14:47:06 +0200 From: Stephan Wonczak User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030708 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en, ja MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Zimmerman CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mrmacman_g4@mac.com Subject: Re: Disk write cache (Was: Hyper-Threading Vulnerability) References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1074 Lines: 32 Paul Zimmerman wrote: > On May 17, 2005, at 21:41:39, Kyle Moffett wrote: > >>I've seen some articles recently on a micro-punchcard technology that uses >>grids of thousands of miniature needles and sheets of polymer plastic > > > Bwa-ha-ha! That's rich. You should have saved that one for next April > 1st! > Does it use micro-relay logic to drive the micro-punchcard reader? Or > does it have nano-technology vacuum tube logic circuits? > > Good one. No, actually. That one's for real. See: http://www.zurich.ibm.com/st/storage/millipede.html Looks like it will be the next generation of storage after rotating discs. (*grumble* ... forgot to hit 'reply all'. Sorry!) Stephan Wonczak "I haven't lost my mind; I know exactly where I left it." "The meaning of my life is to make me crazy" - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/