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Don't Copy That Floppy!: Evolution Of Storage

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This is a little graphic charting the progress in music storage. It's part of a larger graphic which also includes the evolutions of photo and data storage. Click THIS BIG-ASS LINK RIGHT HERE to see the whole thing. But warning: prepare to be wowed. Or at least moderately impressed with how far we've come. Now let's put a man on the moon! Or a cat. Oh. My. God -- SPACE FURBABIES -- WANT!!

Man, We've Come a Long Way From Floppies [gizmodo]

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