[PCWorks] Optical media backups & EM fields -Re: Burning CDs

  • From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 07:14:04 -0600

>I'm convinced there will be an entire
>generation or more with virtually
>no childhood photos due to lack of backups

HA!  That's for sure!

Yeah I've gotten to where I mostly use internal and internal 
HD's.  The external HD's are only on when I copy the internal 
backup drive to them.
-Clint

God Bless
Clint Hamilton, Owner
http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hugh Vandervoort"

This started as a CD burning thread, so I'll throw in my 
latest.
I'm convinced there will be an entire generation or more with 
virtually
no childhood photos due to lack of backups
CD/DVD is part of a good backup scheme, but  I use External HDs 
primarily.
I've been setting up my friends with large HDs, a backup 
program and
burning DVDs of their files and photos to get them started.
Imagine my surprise to visit two of these friends recently and 
find the
external drives no longer attached to the computers. It seems 
to be a
matter of not understanding the function. These are not stupid 
people
(An engineer and a wealthy builder).
Computers have a long way to go.


David Grossman wrote:
> Electromagnetic fields do not have to be a problem.
>
> About 20 or 25 years ago, CRTs emitted a great deal of 
> radiation, causing
> pregnant mommies who were exposed to the radiation for many 
> hours a day to
> spontaneously abort their babies. The fledgling computer 
> giants were
> terrified that a wonderful industry with a great future would 
> go belly up
> (perhaps I should have used a better expression!) and they 
> were determined
> to find a solution. They did - and the resulting and 
> ever-increasing
> Scandinavian TCO standards are so stringent today that there 
> is nothing to
> worry about. Granted, flat screens largely replaced CRTs 
> today, but that's
> not the point - and even flat screens have to comply with TCO 
> standards.
>
> The industry reacted and solved the problem with one kind of 
> radiation
> because they had no choice. They proved that with 
> determination it is
> possible to practically eliminate the threat of dangerous 
> radiation.
>
> When it comes down to it, electromagnetic fields are just 
> another kind of
> radiation. The industry solved the problem with CRTs, and 
> they CAN solve the
> problem with solid state media.
>
> It's just an issue of determination and will-power.
>
> David Grossman

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