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    DVDs That Last for 1000 Years Might Be Overkill

    CDs Team With Insect World to Battle MP3 Threat

    CD Turntables Are Possibly the Product of the (Last) Century

    Vmedia: Like Mini UMD for Netbooks Covered in Feces, But Worse

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    Image of valkilmerisawful valkilmerisawful
    07/17/09

    In reply to DVDs That Last for 1000 Years Might Be Overkill
    Has he been chewing on marbles?
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    Image of frigg frigg
    07/17/09

    In reply to DVDs That Last for 1000 Years Might Be Overkill
    there are systems that will artificially accelerate aging used to test products. wonder if he ever tried to use one of those?

    I rest easy knowing my floppy disks have been tested to survive until 3009. I would just hate to lose my collection of pixelated cats made in MacPaint.
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    Image of Tarv Tarv
    07/17/09

    In reply to DVDs That Last for 1000 Years Might Be Overkill
    Now I can rest easy knowing I can bury my pr0n collection with me when I die. Then at zombie apocalypse, I will be set!
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/17/09

    @Tarv: Yes, but you are forgetting that, as a zombie, you won't have any blood flow...and that's kinda critical for, uh, certain pr0n-related functions.
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    07/17/09

    @bosskev: I'm sure Viagra will take care of that problem.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/17/09

    @Bigbadbikernerd: Actually, for the burgeoning living dead market, Pfizer has been beaten to the punch by competitor Lilly—introducing Cialimortis®!
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    Image of alphanumeric1971 alphanumeric1971
    07/17/09

    @bosskev: You win.
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    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    07/17/09

    In reply to DVDs That Last for 1000 Years Might Be Overkill
    How about just sticking the info on a couple TB HDD... then stick the HDD in a magnetically shielded box and be done with it? Info on a HDD if not turned on or not magnetically messed with should last forever right?
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    Image of frigg frigg
    07/17/09

    @Bertone Zero77: Google published a study of disk drive failures based on their own experience that debunked conventional wisdom linking disk activity to longevity.

    http://labs.google.com/papers/disk_failures.html
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    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    07/17/09

    @frigg: Interesting, so based on that info it really has nothing to do with sheer amount of usage but more with disk-errors created by such usage. Therefore one could argue that leaving the data on a HDD that is off will not improve the longevity of the information by lack of read-use but by reducing the likelihood of errors created by users accessing the information.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    07/17/09

    @Bertone Zero77: It's been a while since I read it, but I recall that the study basically says disks fail because they break down, not necessarily because of read/write errors, or because of conventional wisdom based on use. For example, a lot of people think it's good to spin up a stored drive from time to time to keep it mechanically viable, which seems to make sense. However, Google's study says it doesn't really matter.

    Because it's Google, their study has heft since it involves a disk population larger than any other ever studied.

    They conclude: "Surprisingly, we found that temperature and activity levels were much less correlated with drive failures than previously reported."
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    07/17/09

    @frigg: That was a great article, showing that so much of the "common sense" stuff we thought we knew about hard drives was wrong.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    07/07/09

    In reply to CDs Team With Insect World to Battle MP3 Threat
    I want the purple one on the left for my wife. She'll love it...or serve me with divorce papers. Hmmm...
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/07/09

    In reply to CDs Team With Insect World to Battle MP3 Threat
    That's okay. DVD-Obama will protect us.
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    Image of 32ndnote 32ndnote
    07/07/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Not if Blu-Ray McCain or that sassy 8-track Palin have anything to say about it.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/07/09

    @32ndnote: I was a little more concerned about Al "ATRAC-3" Franken myself.
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    Image of tok3ninja tok3ninja
    07/07/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Bob "Betamax" Dole?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/07/09

    @tok3ninja; is still in Beta: If only Ike "LP" Eisenhower was alive to see this.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    07/07/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: As a resident of Minnesota, I'm concerned about Franken too.
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    07/07/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Just think how many of these could be made from one laserdisc!
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    Image of SegamanXero SegamanXero
    04/03/09

    In reply to CD Turntables Are Possibly the Product of the (Last) Century
    I would totally buy one if they are at a reasonable price.
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    Image of DeLarge DeLarge
    04/03/09

    In reply to CD Turntables Are Possibly the Product of the (Last) Century
    1. In order to play music it has to spin counterclockwise.


    2. The head will follow an arc instead (just like an old turntable) of a straight line (like all CD heads). Does this issue will cause trouble reading the CDs?

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    Image of ScottRose ScottRose
    04/03/09

    @DeLarge: You'd need a really accurate stepper motor (or other mechanism) to guide that arm. Any tiny movement at the point of articulation would cause a significant movement at the end of the arm.


    Vibration on the arm would be a killer as well, but I guess there'd be some damping mechanism in the head.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/03/09

    In reply to CD Turntables Are Possibly the Product of the (Last) Century
    It will always be incomplete, unless CD's start coming in paper sleeves.
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    Image of Gizmodoholic Gizmodoholic
    04/03/09

    @Kaiser 'Conficker Is A Myth' Machead: they come in paper sleeves.. with transparent circle sometimes..
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/03/09

    @Gizmodoholic: I mean just the sleeve, no jewel case, similar to an LP.
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    Image of ScottRose ScottRose
    04/03/09

    @Kaiser 'Conficker Is A Myth' Machead: It'll be incomplete until they attach a giant horn to the side of it.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/03/09

    @ScottRose: Poppycock my good lad.
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    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    02/04/09

    In reply to Vmedia: Like Mini UMD for Netbooks Covered in Feces, But Worse
    sony had to offload their surplus of MD's somehow...
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    02/04/09

    In reply to Vmedia: Like Mini UMD for Netbooks Covered in Feces, But Worse
    Aaaah MiniDisc, great with recording...but also a major pain in the ass.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    02/04/09

    In reply to Vmedia: Like Mini UMD for Netbooks Covered in Feces, But Worse
    the only way this thing could be successful is if there were some sort of user-fee tacked on whenever you bought one, in addition to the price, and every time you used it, your credit card was charged an additional user fee, and all data stored on it used some sort of DRM that required a subscription fee to allow access, and any time you looked at it, your eyeballs popped out of your head, and in order to put them back in your face you had to pay the company some sort of eyeball replacement fee. Otherwise, it's hard to imagine this thing catching on.
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    Image of MartinLeGood MartinLeGood
    02/04/09

    In reply to Vmedia: Like Mini UMD for Netbooks Covered in Feces, But Worse
    Ok, this idea is stupid. But there is a lot to improve on flsh drives
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    Image of frigg frigg
    02/04/09

    @martinS60: No, my friend. Any drive made out of a fish is perfect.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    02/04/09

    In reply to Vmedia: Like Mini UMD for Netbooks Covered in Feces, But Worse
    Indeed.


    Covered with feces.


    Go bury it under a tree.

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    Image of Serolf Divad Serolf Divad
    02/04/09

    In reply to Vmedia: Like Mini UMD for Netbooks Covered in Feces, But Worse
    Wow, this thing makes about as much sense as purposefully getting yourself infected with herpes to see what it's like. Probably make you about as popular, too.
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