It really boggles my mind to think we're able to read, from a spining platter, a billion ones and zeros per second, from tracks of nanometer-sized magnetic domains, using a head that keeps just a 3 nanometer clearance from the surface (and would fail catastrophically if it did not).
And then, with the flick of a servo, just switch to any other of thousands of tracks in mere milliseconds.
And that miracle of precision engineering is made on such a scale that any common man can just casually buy one, without even realizing what's inside.
We sometimes forget how amazing computer parts are. Even the now obsolete ones!
debenzor on March 11st, 2021 at 23:01 UTC »
By this logic I have a pc (power cable)
greenpython28 on March 11st, 2021 at 23:12 UTC »
I have a HDD then (Hyper digital disk)
Pyrhan on March 11st, 2021 at 23:57 UTC »
Those things actually spin insanely fast.
It really boggles my mind to think we're able to read, from a spining platter, a billion ones and zeros per second, from tracks of nanometer-sized magnetic domains, using a head that keeps just a 3 nanometer clearance from the surface (and would fail catastrophically if it did not).
And then, with the flick of a servo, just switch to any other of thousands of tracks in mere milliseconds.
And that miracle of precision engineering is made on such a scale that any common man can just casually buy one, without even realizing what's inside.
We sometimes forget how amazing computer parts are. Even the now obsolete ones!