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CD-Recordable discs unreadable in less than two years
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| 19 August 2003
| Dennis
Posted on 08/24/2003 7:12:45 AM PDT by Eala
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To: templar
Maybe we ought to go back to the old style of recording, but on titanium instead of vinyl for important stuff. Edison records still play just fine. What almost made me cry is the discovery that a Japanese company actually is producing a contact-free laser driven turntable that nobody can afford to buy at $10k a pop.
If mass produced and simplified by advancing electronic technology, I can foresee stamped media literally lasting indefinitely, and affordable to a larger segment of the world.
I sure as heck can't afford one currently.
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posted on
08/24/2003 8:01:02 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(californians are as dumb as a sack of rocks.)
To: Publius6961
(Sounds like the ideal subject for a good movie, no?)Ever read the book "Heiro's Journey"?
To: Physicist
ping.
To: Publius6961
How many reading this can read 5-1/4 inch floppies? Anyone? I have a 486-66 machine that is still functional. Has 3.5" and 5.25" drives. It didn't come with the 5.25", I had to install it when I needed to use some old software about 6 years ago. I have a functional (I think) punched tape reader in storage.
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posted on
08/24/2003 8:03:04 AM PDT
by
SC Swamp Fox
(Aim small, miss small.)
To: RadioAstronomer
I still have my very first VHS tape I ever recored back in 1981. It still reads fine 22 years later. :-) Hmmmmmm. My first tape recorded was a Beta. I should drag it out and check it out. Circa 1976. Yes, I still have a Beta machine too.
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posted on
08/24/2003 8:03:45 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(californians are as dumb as a sack of rocks.)
To: RadioAstronomer
Ever read the book "Heiro's Journey"? No, but I'll put it on my list.
I do however, recall vividly Fahrenheit 451.
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posted on
08/24/2003 8:06:05 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(californians are as dumb as a sack of rocks.)
To: RadioAstronomer
Literally millions of bits/second are being recorded non-stop in millions of places simultaneously.A significant problem might be deciding what is worth storing and what is not. A historian and a scientist might have very different views as to what is and is not important.
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posted on
08/24/2003 8:12:13 AM PDT
by
templar
To: Publius6961
To: Publius6961
No, but I'll put it on my list.I do however, recall vividly Fahrenheit 451.Both books caused me to think deeply about what could happen.
To: Publius6961
"How many reading this can read 5-1/4 inch floppies? Anyone?"
One of my PCs still has a 5-1/4" floppy. hehe
To: FreedomPoster
>5-1/4 inch floppies? Anyone?
5-1/4 inch floppies? How about 9-track tapes!
How about 8" floppies?
To: templar
A significant problem might be deciding what is worth storing and what is not. A historian and a scientist might have very different views as to what is and is not important.That very thing was addressed in H. G. Wells "The Time Machine".
To: Texas_Jarhead
Look at post #14, hehe
To: RadioAstronomer
How many names for the 'creator' have you logged so far? ;-)
To: Eala
Punched cards are the only way to go.
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posted on
08/24/2003 8:27:13 AM PDT
by
Consort
To: Eastbound
How many names for the 'creator' have you logged so far? ;-)"The 9 Billion Names of God". Great short story. :-)
To: Consort
Punched cards are the only way to go.I even have a few of those laying around, however, I cant read them except by hand now.
To: Consort
Punched cards are the only way to go. But always, always, always sequence-punch them!!!
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posted on
08/24/2003 8:30:13 AM PDT
by
Eala
(When politicians speak of children, count the spoons. - National Review Editors)
To: Consort
What about missing chads?
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posted on
08/24/2003 8:31:54 AM PDT
by
PMCarey
To: RadioAstronomer
I knew it! I just knew it was you. All the circumpolars are gone. Enough already!
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