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Bernardo de La Paz

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6. It's worse: Large portions could be copied into a suitcase. Copies will proliferate.

Reply to cantbeserious (Reply #4)

Fri Aug 9, 2013, 06:36 AM

Aug 2013

How long till NSA data shows up on the black market?

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Mystery particle could shrink your hard drive to the size of a peanut [View all] bananas Aug 2013 OP

I love the next step "the next step is making a practical data storage device" With the cozy midnight Aug 2013 #1

size of a peanut ? dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #2

All of NSA's Utah installation will be out of date. Downwinder Aug 2013 #3

Which Means The NSA Could Hide The Facility Anywhere cantbeserious Aug 2013 #4

It's worse: Large portions could be copied into a suitcase. Copies will proliferate. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #6

Who's to say it hasn't already shown up on the black market? Fumesucker Aug 2013 #8

Technology is the enemy Shivering Jemmy Aug 2013 #10

No. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2013 #19

Technology is carla Aug 2013 #20

+1 ^ yesphan Aug 2013 #26

They could squirrel them away in hollow trees tclambert Aug 2013 #7

Where to hide the new facility? Martak Sarno Aug 2013 #14

Think about it going the other direction. NSA could store even more information about us. The Stranger Aug 2013 #23

What makes you think this isn't what will be used there? PSPS Aug 2013 #18

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Nertz! That 3.5" 4TB I ordered a few days ago just shipped Alamuti Lotus Aug 2013 #5

"One factor that bodes well... is that the researchers didn't need to use any exotic substances" Tab Aug 2013 #9

The Big Print Giveth formercia Aug 2013 #11

Ooh ... quantum superposition. Igel Aug 2013 #13

They already have room temperature superconductors Lugal Zaggesi Aug 2013 #22

Hell, swimming in Lake Superior will shrink your hard drive to the size of an acorn. Thor_MN Aug 2013 #12

HA! SnowCritter Aug 2013 #15

This technological development was code-named "The George Costanza Project" n/t devils chaplain Aug 2013 #24

Well said, tee hee. Demoiselle Aug 2013 #29

My post? Quite literal, I'm afraid.. Thor_MN Aug 2013 #32

Too bad global warming is making all this super cold electronics harder to use. RC Aug 2013 #16

Umm.....wut? n/t AverageJoe90 Aug 2013 #31

Hmmm I am not going to hold my breath on this one. cstanleytech Aug 2013 #17

Oh, please. As if the mechanical factors aren't important. eggplant Aug 2013 #21

Skyrmion is a newborn Skynet. Mark my words...We will have Terminators soon Katashi_itto Aug 2013 #27

I want my flying car tabasco Aug 2013 #28

Now the hard drives will match the size of some people's brains. Safetykitten Aug 2013 #30

Why pick on the Tea Party so much? ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2013 #36

The drives of the future are here already, and they don't spin IDemo Aug 2013 #33

Its definitely F M madokie Aug 2013 #34

So theoretically I could be playing Skyrim NickB79 Aug 2013 #35

Google glasses take on a whole new perspective. ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2013 #37