Posted 6 Months, 1 Week ago pranav Senior Boarder Posts: 73   This is hillarious! IBM found out you could store more data on a punch card than you could a DVD. http://www.msnbc.com/news/765188.asp And appearently it's true. The administrator has disabled public write access. Posted 6 Months, 1 Week ago arly2380 Senior Boarder Posts: 69   Just for the sake of argument, aren't mass-produced CDs and DVDs technically punchcards as well? Basically a CD is a round bunch card with an aluminum substrate which is 'punched' in during manufacturing. The administrator has disabled public write access. Posted 6 Months, 1 Week ago Adrian Senior Boarder Posts: 54   On 21 Jun 2002 19:45:02 GMT, Bones assert()ed: By that analogy, is a CD-RW reformatted with scotch tape? The administrator has disabled public write access. Posted 6 Months, 1 Week ago 10stone5 Senior Boarder Posts: 73   Yeah. The administrator has disabled public write access. Posted 6 Months, 1 Week ago sorrsuki Senior Boarder Posts: 74   Hmm, these puppies are rewritable. Sounds like the analogy to the punchcard is pretty tenuous. If they ever market these things, you can bet the word 'punchcard' will be entirely absent. The administrator has disabled public write access. Posted 6 Months, 1 Week ago Etotogeya Senior Boarder Posts: 66   sad part is this is coming around because of the predicted 250GB size limet on standard magnetic harddrives so there are sevral things is dev. to replace magHD's once this happens The administrator has disabled public write access. Posted 6 Months, 1 Week ago Bhaumik Shukla Expert Boarder Posts: 81   Why? The Florida ballot cards were 'rewriteable.' 1) Punch out choice, 2) reformat by tucking chad back in. The administrator has disabled public write access.