____/ philo on Friday 21 December 2007 15:13 : \____
>
> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:2046400.Cfd1F7dYMo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> ____/ philo on Friday 21 December 2007 11:29 : \____
>>
>> >
>> > "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:2956541.koagEtbE6o@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> ____/ Handover Phist on Friday 21 December 2007 05:01 : \____
>> >>
>> >> > [H]omer :
>> >> >> Verily I say unto thee, that philo spake thusly:
>> >> >>> <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> >>>
>> >
> news:e99294c2-48e8-49d4-8fab-820197d944cf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >>
>> >> >>>> <Quote> 48167 Days and 23 hours to create CD
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> <snip>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> That's a horrible exaggeration... Vista can create a cd in half
> that
>> >> >>> time :)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Yes but after burning it in the record time of only 66 years, you're
>> >> >> then left with a disc in some weird format that no one else can
> read.
>> >> >
>> >> > No problem, you'll be retired by then.
>> >>
>> >> "So far there's no business case for digital preservation--in fact, for
>> >> software makers like Microsoft, planned obsolescence is the plan."
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>
http://www.forbes.com/2006/11/30/books-information-preservation-tech-media_cx_ee_books06_1201acid.html?partner=yahootix
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> ~~ Best of wishes
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Hmmm...
>> > maybe instead og backing up my data to DVD's
>> > I should enscribe my data onto clay tablets!
>>
>> DVDs? That's so yesterday. They now have 'new and improved' HD. Sooner or
>> later, DVD drives will be as hard to find as videotapes and a VCR.
> Microsoft
>> doesn't even want HD-DVD to succeed. In fact, it's claimed to be fuelling
> a
>> formats war so that DRM (expireable) content becomes the new 'storage'
> media.
>> OOXML in MSO07 already has encryption/DRM. So does Vista and XBox260
> (VoD).
>>
>
>
> That's true...HD's are so cheap now that one can do backups to several of
> them.
> I have most of my stuff backed up on two seperate drives *and* DVD's.
If it's not scripted (media sometimes needs physical insertion/ejection), then
high-capacity external hard-drives might be a good alternative (I have two
externals and two internals in different sites, but a lot of my data is online
anyway).
--
~~ Best of wishes
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