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[Thumpalumpacus]

Jesus, people. If that's offensive ... get into a long-term relationship already.

I must be a woman, then.

Oh, you're a dredger too?

[Silver]

I must be a woman, then.

Oh, you're a dredger too?

I prefer dry land.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Jesus, people. If that's offensive ... get into a long-term relationship already.

They aren't capable, thus their posts.

Smirking at Foxy. 

All humor has an element of truth to it. Not everything spoken in humor is true, nor are all truths funny -- but nothing is sacrosanct. Looking for offense is asking to be offended. Comedy, of all the arts, should not have boundaries.

Comedy should at times be offensive, because it sends up the worst people have to offer.

[Silver]

It's all in how it's used. Even comedy can be used for the detriment of humanistic progress.

[Thumpalumpacus]

It's all in how it's used. Even comedy can be used for the detriment of humanistic progress.

And who's to judge things like "detriment" or "progress"?

[Silver]

It's all in how it's used. Even comedy can be used for the detriment of humanistic progress.

And who's to judge things like "detriment" or "progress"?

Not gonna sugarcoat the reality, babe. Me, obvs.

[Thumpalumpacus]

And who's to judge things like "detriment" or "progress"?

Not gonna sugarcoat the reality, babe. Me, obvs.

Ooh, look, little Johnny has an opinion. Isn't that cute?

Hate to break the news, little buddy, but your opinion is worth every penny I've paid for it.

[arewethereyet]

No kids will be named Alex for years.

I'll have to talk to my son and see if he wants to change his name to Dakota.  That's the name his dad wanted and I nixed that for Alex.

[Fake Messiah]

Researchers have developed a Very Big Disc™ that can store up to 200 terabytes of data and may represent a return to optical media for long term storage

A team of scientists and researchers at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology have managed to exponentially increase the capacity of an optical disc by making use of a 3D planar recording architecture (via Techspot). Essentially, the process involves stacking hundreds of data-recording layers a mere one micrometer apart, all while keeping the overall thickness of the disc the same as a traditional DVD or Blu-ray.

This much denser physical storage format makes use of 100 layers, which is said to result in a maximum data capacity of 1.6 petabits, or roughly 200 terabytes of storage. That's a gigantic leap over even the most advanced quad-layer Blu-ray disks, that currently top out at around 128 GB of data.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/researchers-de...52280.html

[zebo-the-fat]

Researchers have developed a Very Big Disc™ that can store up to 200 terabytes of data and may represent a return to optical media for long term storage

A team of scientists and researchers at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology have managed to exponentially increase the capacity of an optical disc by making use of a 3D planar recording architecture (via Techspot). Essentially, the process involves stacking hundreds of data-recording layers a mere one micrometer apart, all while keeping the overall thickness of the disc the same as a traditional DVD or Blu-ray.

This much denser physical storage format makes use of 100 layers, which is said to result in a maximum data capacity of 1.6 petabits, or roughly 200 terabytes of storage. That's a gigantic leap over even the most advanced quad-layer Blu-ray disks, that currently top out at around 128 GB of data.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/researchers-de...52280.html

Nice, but will it still be readable after 25 years?