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Hans-Marc Olsen wrote:
They will lose their data after 5 years and soon everybody will throw them away and buy cassette recorders again. CDRs are rubbish, but cassette recorders rule! Aren't such decalarations inspriring? Please don't tell my nine-year-old CD recordings that they've expired. As long as they remain ignorant, they will continue to play without trouble for decades more. Mike -- http://www.mrichter.com/ |
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Mike Richter wrote:
Hans-Marc Olsen wrote: They will lose their data after 5 years and soon everybody will throw them away and buy cassette recorders again. CDRs are rubbish, but cassette recorders rule! Aren't such decalarations inspriring? Please don't tell my nine-year-old CD recordings that they've expired. As long as they remain ignorant, they will continue to play without trouble for decades more. Mike -- http://www.mrichter.com/ and please don't tell my hardly used but still stockpiled audio cassettes to get nicely tangled up with the little twiddly bits inside my player next time I decide to play them. -- Paul (I got the horrors cos I'm one inch tall) ------------------------------------------------------ Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ |
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In article , Willy Nilly wrote: wrote: Like all trolls, he means to annoy and disrupt; like all trolls, the way to handle him is to IGNORE him. This type of advice will NEVER work due to the ongoing number of Usenet newbies that go online. So just give it up. Trolls are part of Usenet and always will be (unfortunately). Google groups has already expressed that they do not police or act on this type of behavior. Google Groups does NOT own Usenet and can't do anything to police it. All GG does is archive the posts for posterity. Check the headers of the troll's postings. He is posting **FROM** Google Groups. Google does not own the UseNet; however, they have the power (and some would say, the duty) to prevent its posting service from being abused. |
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"SleeperMan" wrote in message news half_pint wrote: "Willy Nilly" wrote in message ... half_pint wrote: Hmmm...guys...we're talking about CDR's here... remember? We are talking about what we are talking about. |
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"MCheu" wrote in message ... On 13 Nov 2004 23:06:35 -0800, (Hans-Marc Olsen) wrote: They will lose their data after 5 years and soon everybody will throw them away and buy cassette recorders again. CDRs are rubbish, but cassette recorders rule! You're confused. *unrecorded* CDRs have a 5 year shelf life. Once recorded, they have an expected lifespan of 30 seconds to 20 years. The 30 seconds being how long it takes to fry one in the microwave. I suppose you'll be going back to your Edison Wax cylinders when the cassettes start going... My audio cd creation software is cabable of ending the life of a CD in less than 30 seconds. It can produce a coaster almost instantanously. --------------------------------------------- MCheu |
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"MCheu" wrote in message ... On 13 Nov 2004 23:06:35 -0800, (Hans-Marc Olsen) wrote: They will lose their data after 5 years and soon everybody will throw them away and buy cassette recorders again. CDRs are rubbish, but cassette recorders rule! You're confused. *unrecorded* CDRs have a 5 year shelf life. Once recorded, they have an expected lifespan of 30 seconds to 20 years. The 30 seconds being how long it takes to fry one in the microwave. I suppose you'll be going back to your Edison Wax cylinders when the cassettes start going... Well I think you have to admit cassettes are 100 times more reliable the CDs, yes they do get chewed up eventually but no CD would take anywhere near the usage of a CD before it failed. Also I think I am correct in saying the data keeps better with usage rather than without, as in idle storage. What perhaps is surprising is that there has been no improvement in cassette technology when compared to hard drives considering they are basically using the same meduim (magnetic material). However non-destructable mediums don't generate much revenue in resales ;O) I mean look at vinyl records, why use such a soft easily scratched material? Same goes for CDs ;O) why not make the surface glass rather than soft plastic? --------------------------------------------- MCheu |
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Paul Heslop wrote:
and please don't tell my hardly used but still stockpiled audio cassettes to get nicely tangled up with the little twiddly bits inside my player next time I decide to play them. I promise not to tell them. Nor about the decade-old cassettes whose pads have hardened, whose tape has lost its lubricant or which otherwise drive me to my few remaining spare shells in order for one last playing and capture to digital format (where duplication is lossless). Mike -- http://www.mrichter.com/ |
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"Mike Richter" wrote in message ... Hans-Marc Olsen wrote: They will lose their data after 5 years and soon everybody will throw them away and buy cassette recorders again. CDRs are rubbish, but cassette recorders rule! Aren't such decalarations inspriring? How is this different to your claims about RW? Please don't tell my nine-year-old CD recordings that they've expired. As long as they remain ignorant, they will continue to play without trouble for decades more. And my 4-5 year old RWs remain blissfully ignorant of your claims and refuse to fade despite being written in allegedly mismatched burners and sometimes even packet written. Even if they don't last as long as CDR I suspect they will long outlive this newsgroup. Mike -- http://www.mrichter.com/ |
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Mike Richter wrote:
Paul Heslop wrote: and please don't tell my hardly used but still stockpiled audio cassettes to get nicely tangled up with the little twiddly bits inside my player next time I decide to play them. I promise not to tell them. Nor about the decade-old cassettes whose pads have hardened, whose tape has lost its lubricant or which otherwise drive me to my few remaining spare shells in order for one last playing and capture to digital format (where duplication is lossless). Mike -- http://www.mrichter.com/ Ah, a master tape mechanic! Removing the fiddly little wheels of tape and hoping they don't unravel and having to ensure they go round the capstans and pins in the right way or yer screwed. -- Paul (I got the horrors cos I'm one inch tall) ------------------------------------------------------ Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ |
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