5mb harddrive 50+ years ago

[AI Thornton]

The problem with current technology is that there is not much more room for improvement. Nice find OP

I'll remember this 50 years from now.... when we have chips implanted into our minds that make us recall ever small detail of our lives perfectly.

[brantonli]

Does it allow for solid state hard-drives? That shit is just incredible, 100x faster than the normal magnetic hd

My computer is a SSD 256 GB hard drive, and honestly I can't tell how much faster it is than an ordinary laptop because I've gotten so used to it. the only thing I really notice rebooting the computer only takes about 15 seconds or something.

[Blue&Orange]

Quantum computers today. 20 years from now they will be on my phone.

[Frozen1]

Today people talk, "oh my god, we have so much technology right now, look at my beautiful ipod and ipad, very colorful and bright".

But the guys who were really badass were the guys from this time, who created technology from nothing, there was no hard drive, no transistor, no IC, no internet, and they created the base of the things we are using today from nothing.

Just think about how was programming back then, they had to write things in assembly by hand, and had to triple check everything looking for an error.

The computer used in the apollo program used a memory recorded in ropes, just think about it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_rope_memory

And today we use an API and barely have to think to make a computer program.

[HoopsFanNumero1]

Today people talk, "oh my god, we have so much technology right now, look at my beautiful ipod and ipad, very colorful and bright".

But the guys who were really badass were the guys from this time, who created technology from nothing, there was no hard drive, no transistor, no IC, no internet, and they created the base of the things we are using today from nothing.

Just think about how was programming back then, they had to write things in assembly by hand, and had to triple check everything looking for an error.

The computer used in the apollo program used a memory recorded in ropes, just think about it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_rope_memory

And today we use an API and barely have to think to make a computer program.

I don't get the point. Researchers have always been under-appreciated and still are bad-ass.

[Frozen1]

I don't get the point. Researchers have always been under-appreciated and still are bad-ass.

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[LilKateMoss]

Today people talk, "oh my god, we have so much technology right now, look at my beautiful ipod and ipad, very colorful and bright".

But the guys who were really badass were the guys from this time, who created technology from nothing, there was no hard drive, no transistor, no IC, no internet, and they created the base of the things we are using today from nothing.

Just think about how was programming back then, they had to write things in assembly by hand, and had to triple check everything looking for an error.

The computer used in the apollo program used a memory recorded in ropes, just think about it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_rope_memory

And today we use an API and barely have to think to make a computer program.

You do realize those ropes had a ferrite core, don't you? You make it sound like they were using freaking hemp cord or something.