From: Brian Atkins (brian@posthuman.com)
Date: Wed Jun 10 1998 - 09:04:59 MDT
Is there any info available on the technologies being used
for this? I am assuming it will not all be dumped onto
tape since they are saying it will be available for viewing
on the net eventually.
Entropyfoe@aol.com wrote:
>
> The Digital sky survey is going to accumulate massive ( many terabytes) of
> data. Fermi Lab in Batavia IL is a key sponsor of the project, handeling the
> massive data storage and manipulation. They are experts, since the large
> particel collider detectors also produce many terabytes of data.
> As these massive data projects proceed, we get closer to data storage
> equivalent to what is necessary for uploading human consciousness. It is a
> vital bridge technology.
> -Jay
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The future has arrived; it's just not evenly distributed.
-William Gibson
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