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So, with the completion of the new TTB case (all data has been transfered and i'm printing out the new instruction notes now for inclusion within the logbook that lives in the case) i did a little side experiment. I wanted to see if any of my media players would be able to load a full playlist of all the material on the drive.
Heh, it took quite a while (and i had convinced myself at least twice that things had either totally hung or crapped out) but after 15 minutes or so, i had a full playlist loaded. Do you know how long all the material on there would be if you played it end to end? 5,000 hrs.
you read that right... five thousand hours.
Some highlights from these figures...
and all of this, in something the size of a few packs of cigarettes...
... those are 5.56 rounds, for size comparison.
can you just sit an imagine for one moment how much content that is? if someone walked up to you in 2000 and said that it would be possible to put this much material on this small a device a mere decade in the future... how would you have reacted?
what do you think storage technology will be like in the next five or ten years?
[UPDATE: fixed my bad calendar math thanks to streaker]
Heh, it took quite a while (and i had convinced myself at least twice that things had either totally hung or crapped out) but after 15 minutes or so, i had a full playlist loaded. Do you know how long all the material on there would be if you played it end to end? 5,000 hrs.
you read that right... five thousand hours.
Some highlights from these figures...
the audio section is actually the largest (which is good, since MP3 players take up less power in the field and are generally more conducive to being enjoyed in deployed areas than the viewing of videos) with my music archive exceeding 1300 hours. some notable large blocks of material in there are nearly 50 hours of Pink Floyd, nearly 50 hours of Nine Inch Nails, over 80 hours of Dave Matthews concerts, nearly 30 hours of Grateful Dead concerts, and 20 hours of the Ramones (which, when you think of how fast their songs are played, is like 40 hours or more from a typical band, ha!)
my audiobooks (and other spoken content) exceed 1800 hours of playtime. (heh, 325 hours of that is a massive collection of Star Wars novels that someone dumped in my upload directory at some point. an additional 75 hours in the audiobook section is an unabridged version of the bible. i may not be the slightest bit religious, but i recognize something that can be appreciated by many in desolate places with a lot of time on their hands so i wanted to include that on there. and for all those who might disagree... hey, i have Bill Maher's latest film and Christopher Hitchens' new book on the terabyte, as well)
men and women in uniform could spend 303 hours just learning new languages. some of the lessons on the TTB drive include typical ones like Spanish, French, and German, but also tactically useful ones such as Arabic, Chinese, and Russian.
there are full archives (all now completely up-to-date) of 23 television shows on the TTB, including such animated classics as The Simpsons, Family Guy, Futurama, Sifl & Olly, South Park, Robot Chicken, and Cowboy Bebop. there are political dramas that deal with war and statehood such as Band of Brothers, Generation Kill, and The West Wing. there are laugh-out-loud comedies like Chappelle's Show, Monty Python, and In Living Color. there are compelling dramas that make you think such as Firefly, Mad Men, The Prisoner, and -- our newest addition -- True Blood. and for those who want a break from scripted material, there are even reality and/or educational programs... MythBusters, Deadliest Catch, Tiger Team, and Penn & Teller's Bullshit! again, these are all full and complete archives of all episodes ever broadcast (and sometimes ones that never made it to air, ha!)
there are over 230 movies on the TTB, totaling to a length of 470 hours. action, drama, suspense, horror, comedy, and more. there is even a separate directory just called "knowledge" featuring documentary films and lectures (some from DEFCON and other conferences!) that adds an additional 91 hours of material.
stand up comedy, music videos, and the DEFCON Filler make for over 180 hours of additional material that can be watched diligently, or just used as background fill-in content while someone is servicing machinery or cleaning firearms.
my audiobooks (and other spoken content) exceed 1800 hours of playtime. (heh, 325 hours of that is a massive collection of Star Wars novels that someone dumped in my upload directory at some point. an additional 75 hours in the audiobook section is an unabridged version of the bible. i may not be the slightest bit religious, but i recognize something that can be appreciated by many in desolate places with a lot of time on their hands so i wanted to include that on there. and for all those who might disagree... hey, i have Bill Maher's latest film and Christopher Hitchens' new book on the terabyte, as well)
men and women in uniform could spend 303 hours just learning new languages. some of the lessons on the TTB drive include typical ones like Spanish, French, and German, but also tactically useful ones such as Arabic, Chinese, and Russian.
there are full archives (all now completely up-to-date) of 23 television shows on the TTB, including such animated classics as The Simpsons, Family Guy, Futurama, Sifl & Olly, South Park, Robot Chicken, and Cowboy Bebop. there are political dramas that deal with war and statehood such as Band of Brothers, Generation Kill, and The West Wing. there are laugh-out-loud comedies like Chappelle's Show, Monty Python, and In Living Color. there are compelling dramas that make you think such as Firefly, Mad Men, The Prisoner, and -- our newest addition -- True Blood. and for those who want a break from scripted material, there are even reality and/or educational programs... MythBusters, Deadliest Catch, Tiger Team, and Penn & Teller's Bullshit! again, these are all full and complete archives of all episodes ever broadcast (and sometimes ones that never made it to air, ha!)
there are over 230 movies on the TTB, totaling to a length of 470 hours. action, drama, suspense, horror, comedy, and more. there is even a separate directory just called "knowledge" featuring documentary films and lectures (some from DEFCON and other conferences!) that adds an additional 91 hours of material.
stand up comedy, music videos, and the DEFCON Filler make for over 180 hours of additional material that can be watched diligently, or just used as background fill-in content while someone is servicing machinery or cleaning firearms.
and all of this, in something the size of a few packs of cigarettes...
... those are 5.56 rounds, for size comparison.
can you just sit an imagine for one moment how much content that is? if someone walked up to you in 2000 and said that it would be possible to put this much material on this small a device a mere decade in the future... how would you have reacted?
what do you think storage technology will be like in the next five or ten years?
[UPDATE: fixed my bad calendar math thanks to streaker]
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