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Vinyl record production has finally joined the modern age
Viryl has developed a first-in-the-industry: A steamless system [for creating vinyl records] that will make massive boilers and piping systems a thing of the past. Not only does it obviate some of the costs and permits previously involved, but it also becomes a more environmentally friendly process. Vinyl record pressing has finally bootstrapped itself into the modern age on all counts and stands to encourage new pressing plants to support vinyl's resurgent popularity.
Traditionally, the molds used to stamp out vinyl discs are heated by steam which is delivered to the press from a boiler. Viryl's steamless module electrically heats water to the desired 285 degrees Fahrenheit so the molds can melt pucks of PVC into a record. This new method of heating, removes gas, the boiler and extensive plumbing from the equation.
This new setup is a closed system that can live right next to the press, allowing for a smaller footprint in your workspace. It also reduces water waste, although you'll still need cooling lines. One of the biggest factors here, though, is that no boiler means none of the treatment chemicals used to keep a boiler in working order, so the environment wins. A setup that requires less square footage could also make Viryl's new presses a more attractive solution when space is limited or at a premium. Existing customers luck out as well, since it's possible to retrofit presses with the new option.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by takyon on Thursday December 06 2018, @09:16PM (4 children)
There is M-DISC [wikipedia.org] which is compatible with existing optical drives and range from 4.7 GB to 100 GB, with an expected lifetime of 1,000 years. Maybe 128 GB soon? [soylentnews.org]
There has been talk of holographic data storage [soylentnews.org] that could store anything from terabytes to even petabytes or exabytes for long periods of time. Not sure about rewritability or access speeds. Compare to something like DNA storage that could store exabytes per kilogram, but would take a very long time to read.
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(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday December 06 2018, @11:00PM (3 children)
That steak I had yesterday... a bit too dense in information, turned out to a quite chewy texture and made the stored information a bit hard to digest.
I have that feeling you won't want to have the 'executive summary' at the end of the processing.
(point: retention period questionable when most of the life forms on Earth - microbes included - would consider the substrate nutritious)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday December 07 2018, @06:17AM (1 child)
DNA can be preserved for thousands of years. But you're going to want to keep it dry...
so...
data jerky.
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(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday December 07 2018, @07:24AM
Smoked, I can deal with.
Not smoked? No matter, I can smoke it pretty easy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 4, Funny) by DannyB on Friday December 07 2018, @02:20PM
Wookie steaks are very chewey.
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