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bldgblog.blogspot.com - 2/5/2009

Planet Harddrive

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[Image: " Conceptual diagram of satellite triangulation ," courtesy of the Office of NOAA Corps Operations (ONCO)]. For several years I've been fascinated by what might be called the geological nature of harddrives – how certain mineral arrangements of metal and ferromagnetism result in our ...

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What if the Earth is a Giant Alien Hard Drive? [Earth]
Gizmodo — ... I like alien conspiracy, and the idea of seeding the earth for data storage instead of food harvest is interesting. The earth's drive heads would have to be supersonic jets and the latency would be hell, but don't let reality stop you from enjoying this well written fantasy post by Geoff at [BLDGBLOG] ...

Hard drives on a planetary scale
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... formations of rock, crystalline archives shimmer. Surely, a science-fiction novel about that very concept has already been written, but all that comes to mind are planet-sized computers, like the Jupiter Brains of Isaac Asimov and Douglas Adams, or IAM from I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream. But as just data capsules for lost civilizations and the like? That sounds like an intriguing weekend read. Can anyone push me in the right direction? Planet Harddrive [BLDGBLOG]