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In reply to the discussion: Remember This: Assange's 'poison pill' file impossible to stop, expert says [View all]HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)22. It was worse than an F-16. It was also the size of a microwave oven.
I think the 33 MB drive was a, what, Nestar? I don't remember, but it weighed about 70 lbs and had six platters.
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Remember This: Assange's 'poison pill' file impossible to stop, expert says [View all]
Junkdrawer
Aug 2012
OP
Anything is possible. But Wikileaks does have documents going back to the 'sixties
sabrina 1
Aug 2012
#9
Yeah, but 1.4 GB? I've got fucking 9TB on my server - right in front of me. Why that little?
HopeHoops
Aug 2012
#4
Hey, I remember when upgrading from a 150K 13 sector Apple II floppy to 16 sector was big.
HopeHoops
Aug 2012
#17
The small company I worked for had a Corvus. Sounded like a F-16 at startup....
Junkdrawer
Aug 2012
#20
For a long time, I thought assembly language was for pussies. I used machine code.
HopeHoops
Aug 2012
#24
1.4 gigs of compressed ASCII could hit an eight-digit page count easily. (nt)
Posteritatis
Aug 2012
#39
I was amazed when Apple II disks went from 13 to 16 sectors. Shit's SO different now.
HopeHoops
Aug 2012
#41
Whatever Assange has got, it's a good bet the USA PATRIOT Act will make it illegal to know.
Octafish
Aug 2012
#10
It shows that this man is petty and unprincipled. This has always been about him.
CabCurious
Aug 2012
#30