# Headline read too quickly: "Samsung Develops Faith-Based Disk Drive"

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headline-read-too-quickly-samsung-develops-faith-based-disk-drive/305308
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [May 24, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headline-read-too-quickly-samsung-develops-faith-based-disk-drive/305308 "2005-05-24T18:58:17Z")
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### Author: ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headline-read-too-quickly-samsung-develops-faith-based-disk-drive/305308/1 "2005-05-24T18:58:17Z")

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Actually it’s a [flash based](http://www.betanews.com/article/Samsung_Develops_FlashBased_Disk_Drive/1116953138) hard drive. But for a second I was like “whaaa?”

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### Author: ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headline-read-too-quickly-samsung-develops-faith-based-disk-drive/305308/2 "2005-05-24T19:01:24Z")

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Would that be in opposition to Logic-Based Drives? 😛

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### Author: ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headline-read-too-quickly-samsung-develops-faith-based-disk-drive/305308/3 "2005-05-24T19:17:11Z")

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Put your trust in RAM, my child, and it shall not fail you. 😉

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### Author: ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headline-read-too-quickly-samsung-develops-faith-based-disk-drive/305308/4 "2005-05-24T20:46:01Z")

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Seems to me like a fair description of your average cheap hard drive.