Comments on: How Could You Fit Your Movie Library on 1 Disc? By Using *5* Dimensions http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/22/how-could-you-fit-your-movie-library-on-1-disc-by-using-5-dimensions/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day\'s most compelling topics. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:36:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: A Reliable Source http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/22/how-could-you-fit-your-movie-library-on-1-disc-by-using-5-dimensions/comment-page-1/#comment-65344 A Reliable Source Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:22:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/22/how-could-you-fit-your-movie-library-on-1-disc-by-using-5-dimensions/#comment-65344 With the rumored prices of the discs who cares if they're rewritable sure it will reduce disc usage but if they store that much info it doesn't really matter you will probably never go through a ten pack of discs. With the rumored prices of the discs who cares if they’re rewritable sure it will reduce disc usage but if they store that much info it doesn’t really matter you will probably never go through a ten pack of discs.

]]> By: Jumblepudding http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/22/how-could-you-fit-your-movie-library-on-1-disc-by-using-5-dimensions/comment-page-1/#comment-28606 Jumblepudding Tue, 26 May 2009 15:44:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/22/how-could-you-fit-your-movie-library-on-1-disc-by-using-5-dimensions/#comment-28606 Amazing that humans were so attracted to gold even before we knew it had all these applications for conductivity, electron microscopy and data storage. Amazing that humans were so attracted to gold even before we knew it had all these applications for conductivity, electron microscopy and data storage.

]]> By: Gando http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/22/how-could-you-fit-your-movie-library-on-1-disc-by-using-5-dimensions/comment-page-1/#comment-28555 Gando Mon, 25 May 2009 15:40:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/22/how-could-you-fit-your-movie-library-on-1-disc-by-using-5-dimensions/#comment-28555 Whoa. 1.6 terabytes... I wish I had one of those. I hope they are rewritable. Whoa. 1.6 terabytes… I wish I had one of those. I hope they are rewritable.

]]> By: Ngaruiya, Limuru, Kenya http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/22/how-could-you-fit-your-movie-library-on-1-disc-by-using-5-dimensions/comment-page-1/#comment-28070 Ngaruiya, Limuru, Kenya Sat, 23 May 2009 16:12:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/22/how-could-you-fit-your-movie-library-on-1-disc-by-using-5-dimensions/#comment-28070 Wow! Imagine that. The storage capacity. Not "5Dimensions" Wow! Imagine that. The storage capacity. Not “5Dimensions”

]]> By: Matt Yabsley http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/22/how-could-you-fit-your-movie-library-on-1-disc-by-using-5-dimensions/comment-page-1/#comment-27910 Matt Yabsley Fri, 22 May 2009 22:56:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/22/how-could-you-fit-your-movie-library-on-1-disc-by-using-5-dimensions/#comment-27910 I will take two. Send them by camel will you. I will take two. Send them by camel will you.

]]> By: Nick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/22/how-could-you-fit-your-movie-library-on-1-disc-by-using-5-dimensions/comment-page-1/#comment-27854 Nick Fri, 22 May 2009 17:15:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/22/how-could-you-fit-your-movie-library-on-1-disc-by-using-5-dimensions/#comment-27854 I just about sh*t my pants when you said 5 dimensions. While thing technology is still pretty cool, and damn, I mean, I'd need an entire 100 disk spindle to back up just may main two hard drives (I produce music and do HDR photography... adds up so quick it's almost painful), it's not quite as cool as the promise of having engineered our way past the standard model of quantum physics (in which we have 4 dimensions). Though, honestly, I wouldn't call these dimensions, I would call them properties (just as the frequency and amplitude of light are properties, not extra dimensions, of things we see). Still, I predict this will be a very hot topic today. :) I just about sh*t my pants when you said 5 dimensions. While thing technology is still pretty cool, and damn, I mean, I’d need an entire 100 disk spindle to back up just may main two hard drives (I produce music and do HDR photography… adds up so quick it’s almost painful), it’s not quite as cool as the promise of having engineered our way past the standard model of quantum physics (in which we have 4 dimensions).

Though, honestly, I wouldn’t call these dimensions, I would call them properties (just as the frequency and amplitude of light are properties, not extra dimensions, of things we see). Still, I predict this will be a very hot topic today. :)

]]> By: QUASAR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/22/how-could-you-fit-your-movie-library-on-1-disc-by-using-5-dimensions/comment-page-1/#comment-27841 QUASAR Fri, 22 May 2009 16:06:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/22/how-could-you-fit-your-movie-library-on-1-disc-by-using-5-dimensions/#comment-27841 WOW! WOW!

]]> By: Matt Tarditti http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/22/how-could-you-fit-your-movie-library-on-1-disc-by-using-5-dimensions/comment-page-1/#comment-27836 Matt Tarditti Fri, 22 May 2009 15:14:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/22/how-could-you-fit-your-movie-library-on-1-disc-by-using-5-dimensions/#comment-27836 @ P: Don't sweat the school stuff. Everybody can see 5 dimensions (at least)...spatial (x, y, z) and then there's color and light intensity. A dimension doesn't have to be spatial; a dimension is any observable variable that can relay information. A round object 2 feet away could be a ball, an orange, or a cartoon bomb. Spatial dimensions dont help distinquish there, but color and light intensity do! @ P: Don’t sweat the school stuff. Everybody can see 5 dimensions (at least)…spatial (x, y, z) and then there’s color and light intensity. A dimension doesn’t have to be spatial; a dimension is any observable variable that can relay information. A round object 2 feet away could be a ball, an orange, or a cartoon bomb. Spatial dimensions dont help distinquish there, but color and light intensity do!

]]> By: p http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/22/how-could-you-fit-your-movie-library-on-1-disc-by-using-5-dimensions/comment-page-1/#comment-27833 p Fri, 22 May 2009 14:56:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/22/how-could-you-fit-your-movie-library-on-1-disc-by-using-5-dimensions/#comment-27833 POP! That was the sound of my head exploding. We can't see 5 dimensions but we can use them for data storage. I'm going back to school. POP! That was the sound of my head exploding. We can’t see 5 dimensions but we can use them for data storage. I’m going back to school.

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