Time Capsule opened despite it not yet being the future
By Ryan Block 
posted March 1st 2008 8:10AM
posted March 1st 2008 8:10AM
posted March 1st 2008 8:10AM
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Oh man, my computer would be a bitch to back up. I don't see how you fit your whole computer on 80GB unless you're only doing your documents. I have a 320GB as my primary for windows, a 200GB for recorded TV, and a 500GB for everything else.
@ http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/time-capsule-opened-despite-it-not-yet-being-the-future/comments/10769502/
*bangs head on keyboard*
Correct me and forgive me here if I misquote but I seem to recall that Einstein was once asked if Time travel was possible.
He replied, "No".
The interviewer then asked "How do you know this so definitely".
He replied saying "Because they would be here already".
Think about it.....if time were able to be travelled along like a road, then the road has always existed in its entirety and those at the very end of the road, if they had discovered a way to travel through time, and had done it, then they would here now, and in our past, they would have been here every step of the way, every foot of the road"
So Steve, you got it wrong again. Good try though.
My brain hurts now, thanks for the philosophy lesson
:)
maybe that time machine had hitachi deathstar drives as well. in that case, they must be stuck somewhere in time.
If time travel were possible then you could not go back further than the invention of the time machine, since doing so would create the paradox that you would have a time machine before you'd invented it, and thus never have to invent it!
Of course there are still other paradoxes - for example, you could somehow prevent yourself from being born, and thus be unable to go back in time in the future in order to do so! It all gets quite circular and confusing.
Also, adding on to treetrunk, say that when we figure out time travel, we realize that for some reason or another there needs to be a certain equipment at the location you travel at, so you can only time travel at locations that have the equipment designed to handle time traveling. Obviously, this equipment won't be designed until after( or at least at the same time as) the creation of a time machine.
The way I see it, it's like (theoretically) teleporting from one teleportation unit to the next, only intstead of space, you're going through time.
At one point people thought the earth was flat too...... oh - and also the center of the universe :)
Read the book About Time for a good mental squeeze.
This article is wild though...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-big-question-is-time-travel-possible-and-is-there-any-chance-that-it-will-ever-take-place-779761.html
"If travelling back in time is possible at all, it should in theory be only possible to travel back to the point when the first time machine was created and so this would mean that time travellers from the future would be able to visit us. As an article in this week's New Scientist suggests, this year – 2008 – could become "year zero" for time travel."
HAVE I JUDGED YOU TOO HARSHLY, TOO SOON STEVE ?? APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE (PAST/FUTURE - WHATEVER).
There are some who say that you would not be able to travel back in time to a period before time travel {was | will be | is | has been} invented. Something about opening up wormholes in time.
Anyway, John Titor's already come and gone...
Power? The Time Capsule only comes with a power cord, not a power brick. Does anyone yet know if the power is fixed for the country of purchase (US, 110v) or if it permits variable voltages, 110-240v ? Thanks,
So far every Apple product I've owned since 1988 has had the choice between 110/220V. I would be surprised to see they had changed this.
Thanks, yes, found this: http://www.apple.com/timecapsule/specs.html
The Hitachi 1TB HDD is the 5 Disk version. It has a top cover attached motor which is fine for enhanced reliability (less bearing wear) but using 5 disk, 10 heads?....Oh boy so old..that thing gets hot, Samsung does 1TB with 3disks, 6 heads, Seagate 4 disks, 8 heads...But then however, they use single thrust motors.
Infineon M3064???? Arghhh.... I used to work on that device!
I may be lagging a bit behind on this story; Is this a NAS device with some backup software bundled with it?
Or is it some exciting newsworthy new product?
Does anyone know the differences between Time Capsule and an AirPort Extreme that has an external USB drive connected to it? Can one device do more than the other?
Yeah, Time Capsule can be used with Time Machine, the Airport Extreme can't because Apple is run by a big Ape.
Great article title. Made me laugh!
Given that it's just a standard SATA drive inside this thing I wonder how difficult it would be to attach an external eSATA RAID box (like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816133003) and use that as a more robust backup/NAS solution. I guess the biggest difficulty would be formatting the RAID enclosure properly if the Time Machine expects it to be formatted before it recognizes it.
Maybe it's my ignorance about this, but what is the difference between this and just getting an external? Is it just the software integration?
Okay, nevermind. I found out.
So is it possible to hook up another external TB HD via USB and have a massive 2TB HD?
I updated the Flickr photos to show how easy it is to upgrade (or in this case downgrade, since I don't have any larger drives lying around) the Time Capsule. Basically:
1. Reformat your new drive with GUID partition map and HFS+.
2. Install the new drive in the Time Capsule.
3. Use AirPort Utility to reformat the drive.
4. Reconfigure your Time Machine preferences.
ok!
this is the firs hack for it!
next:
1.replace the Kensington lock with a sata port!
2.Install linux on it!
50 Years Later:
See grandson? We used to use these green and blue things right here known as integrated circuits in most if not all of our electronics.
Well here's my take. I don't know a heck of a lot of the details, but my main point is, how do we know what deal Apple has aligned with Hitachi? Case in point, at work, I had to order several resistors over the summer as a replacement to a Military part we were using. The military part had a specific mil part number. However, we couldn't get the part in x number of weeks which would push our production back. We needed an alternative that met the military requirements without a major board redesign. Well, after much research, turns out there are a bunch of standards of testing. Military spec testing for these happened to be the sum of several of these tests. Guess what, all these resistors come from the exact same bin, each build run is just separated and tested, and those that have higher test means are priced and labeled differently. Long story short, we were able to order a different series that met the military's failure rate and various other requirements that was equivalent but not a mil spec number.
So whats my point in mentioning this? Well if server grade hard drive is defined as 1 million hours mean failure time as I have heard quoted, the deskstar is supposidly 750000 hours, and the ultrastar 1.2 million hours. It would be my assumption that the ultrastar is more or less no different, but perhaps just a certain bin of all the deskstar's produced on a certain day. They have some test to determine those with better operating characters, bin them, run a mean test on 5 of them, and are then able to slap the ultrastar label on all those drives coming out of the desksstar line. If a bin doesn't make it, then they aren't 1.2 million hours, but they still may be more than 1 million, but hitachi can't label them as ultratsar since the mft was less than 1.2 million, but if its more than 750000 who says they cant create a THIRD bin...say, oh, 1 million hours, along comes apple looking for a deal, they meet the server spec but not hitachi's ultrastar, perhaps they arranged a deal to get these drives cheaper than the 1.2 million hours drives but more than the 750000 hour drives, but they are still getting a 1 million hour drive, which meets the server spec. I think everyone is seriously overlooking this quite probable business deal.
nothing else is Intel doing. Test a processors max working frequency vs temperature and if they are lucky label it EE and sell it for double price! We know, all are equal but some are more;)
BTW, why is the TC HDD labeled with "Apple HDD Firmware 2007"?
@alteus
couldn't quite understand but I think you were alluding to Intel doing the same thing with chips, do a run and bin them. BIngo my man.
As far as 2007, I'm guessing Apple developed the firmware for the device in 2007?
@alteus
couldn't quite understand but I think you were alluding to Intel doing the same thing with chips, do a run and bin them. BIngo my man.
As far as 2007, I'm guessing Apple developed the firmware for the device in 2007?
but why should Apple develop the firmware for the harddisk??