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"In science fiction one can say a great many things that are unpalatable, … because it's expressed as science fiction you can slip it past their defenses."
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![]() I just liked the phrase; maybe I'm a sucker for alliteration. When this book was written, storage discs the size of a dime were still a dream.
Now, of course, you can get compact flash hard disks; I think the actual size of the disk is between a dime and a quarter. IBM makes compact flash drives that hold up to one gigabyte.
Toshiba makes a "nickel-sized" hard drive - read the Science Fiction in the News Story Toshiba
0.85 Inch Diameter Hard Drive for more info.
From the short story "Madness Has Its Place" by Larry Niven. Comment/Join this discussion ( 1 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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'That explains how it was so easy for me to remain motionless in midair...'
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'Detailed plans for the construction of the Gundstetter-Halone warp drive were flowing.'
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