<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.decodedscience.com/helium-shortage-situation-update-one-year-later/42314">http://www.decodedscience.com/helium-shortage-situation-update-one-year-later/42314</a><br><div>Buy your shares in Helium now - looks like there will be a shortage.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Along with Lithium.</div><div><a href="http://www.wallstreetdaily.com/2014/11/18/gigafactory-lithium-shortage/">http://www.wallstreetdaily.com/2014/11/18/gigafactory-lithium-shortage/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Another case of new industries creating unexpected demand on resources. Part of the social issues aspect of many ICT courses.</div><div><br></div><div><<inevitable joke about all audio recordings on those disks coming out as very high pitched>></div><div><br></div><div>kp</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Mark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mark@vceit.com" target="_blank">mark@vceit.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On 19 May 2015 at 08:25, Laurie Savage <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:08327998@pvgc.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">08327998@pvgc.vic.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Retrieval time might be improved by the use of helium balloons tied to the operator chairs or the judicious use of sandbags.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>Oddly enough, Western Digital is using helium in their 10TB disk.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.extremetech.com/computing/189813-western-digital-unveils-worlds-first-10tb-hard-drive-helium-filled-shingled-recording" target="_blank">http://www.extremetech.com/computing/189813-western-digital-unveils-worlds-first-10tb-hard-drive-helium-filled-shingled-recording</a><br></div></div><br clear="all"><div>The only known drawback is that computers now need to be bolted to the desk.</div><div><br></div><div><<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-4-gLlF0uw" target="_blank">rimshot</a>></div><span class=""><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><i><br></i></div><div><span style="font-size:12.6666669845581px">>> Witty sig goes HERE <<</span></div><div><br></div><div>Mark Kelly</div><div>mark AT vceit DOT com</div><div><a href="http://vceit.com" target="_blank">http://vceit.com</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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