I wouldn't have done that, it brought up some good points from Simon's
end. To defend Thomas, I know a lot of scientists and engineers that
backup or use optical for storage.
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 12:36 AM, CoryG <cory@geesaman.com> wrote:
> Definitely not the place and I flagged it spam because it is.
>
> On Dec 1, 6:23 pm, Thomas Stowe <stowe.tho...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 12/1/2011 4:53 PM, leaking pen wrote:
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>> > simon, to burn movies to play in portable players? only thing I've
>> > used blank dvds for for a while.
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>> > That said, I think is is rather creative spam.
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>> > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Simon Quellen Field <sfi...@scitoys.com> wrote:
>> >> With 32 gigabyte flash cards going for $36, why would anyone bother
>> >> with disks anymore? Why use a slow, huge, one-time-use thing that can
>> >> only hold single-digit gigabytes when the 32 gb microSDHC card in my phone
>> >> is smaller than my baby fingernail, re-writable, and I don't need a huge
>> >> disk
>> >> reader? In a pinch, I can even read the data on the phone itself.
>>
>> >> For a little less money, you can get a 32 gb thumb drive that fits easily in
>> >> your
>> >> pocket, plugs into any USB port, and is much faster. And you can use it more
>> >> than 50 times, unlike the big old-fashioned plastic disks.
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>> >> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Cathal Garvey <cathalgar...@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> I gotta say, you're right. This isn't the place. :P
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>> >>> On 01/12/11 21:48, Thomas Stowe wrote:
>> >>>> Vinpower Digital 25GB 4X BD-R 50 Packs Disc Model OQBDR04LT-50
>> >>>> Item #: N82E16817607054
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>> >>>>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817607054
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>> >>>> 30.99 + tax + free UPS 3 day shipping
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>> >>>> Vinpower Digital 25GB 4X BD-R 50 Packs Disc Model OQBDR04LT-50 : 30.99 +
>> >>>> tax + free UPS 3 day shipping
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>> A) It's not spam, it's me being friendly to geeks.
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>> B) Who would use disks? An amazing amount of people who love their data.
>> Who's an idiot who uses only hard disks? Do you have kids and a wife? Do
>> you even care about your data? If you depend on an online backup, you're
>> getting ripped off. Yes, hard drives can be nearly the same price as
>> blurays, however this promotion I found on SlickDeals that linked me to
>> NewEgg earlier makes it more cost effective. We're talking about
>> 1,250GB, that's 1.25 TB! for $31 + tax! That's Chump Change! You're nuts
>> to talk badly about a deal like that. Is that your first computer? Do
>> you even know what today's optical media is capable of? Not only is it
>> about as much weight as hard disk media, pound for pound but it's not
>> impact sensitive and has a "warranty" longer than any hard drive you've
>> bought or will likely buy in the near future.
>>
>> It won't last a century, but it'll probably last 2x-3x as long as any
>> hard drive you have. That said, if you want anything to actually be
>> around in the future, use optical media. You can drop it, bury it, keep
>> it in a storage unit or safety deposit box and never need to worry about
>> any of the things you do with hard drive media. Like, impact
>> sensitivity, "accidents", acts of god wiping our your drives. Please,
>> tell us the reasons using disks is inferior to a 32GB flash drive again?
>> Many people, especially scientists, have much, much much more valuable
>> data than you could possibly fit on a flash drive. Good luck with that,
>> until someone steals it, your car or whatever you keep it in if that's
>> your idea of backup. How about something that can store all of
>> Arxiv.org, mirrors of your favorite websites and probably your entire
>> video and document collection to boot? What's really cool, if you have
>> no budget, you could backup the entire archive.org text collection (.5
>> petabytes) for around $13,000.
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