[rollei_list] Re: CDs and reality of things
- From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:34:55 -0500
My experience with data and "ripped" cds supports the assertion that they
are short-term storage. One should re-copy regularly. I have lost
hundreds -- but I never assumed they'd last longer than a year or 2 --
and they haven't.
PJ Nebergall
On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:38:02 -0400 Aaron Reece <oboeaaron@xxxxxxx>
writes:
>
> On Apr 17, 2006, at 10:26 AM, Eric Goldstein wrote:
>
> > In the past, I've provided ample links detailing this. Personally,
>
> > I think it's essential that folks not take anyone's word for this
>
> > but research it for themselves so that they will understand the
> > magnitude of the risk. Or, ask your IT guy at work; if he is half
>
> > worth his salt he will fill your ear full for half an hour... this
>
> > is a big problem.
>
>
> I may not be worth half my salt, but I am an "IT guy" at work, and I
>
> agree with Eric. I always tell our users that with CD-Rs, DVD-Rs,
> and
> hard drives and other magnetic media, it is not a question of if it
>
> will fail, it is a question of when.
>
> OTOH, this February I "ripped" all 700 or so of my manufactured
> music
> CDs to my computer's hard drive and every disc played flawlessly.
> This includes discs purchased as far back as ca. 1986. Some of them
>
> have developed a strange mottled texture in the aluminum layer, but
>
> still play fine. In any case I am glad to have them "backed up" even
>
> in a lossy format. In real life I am a musician and I view even the
>
> best recordings as a useful but inferior stand-in for live
> performances, so I don't get too worked up about the theoretical
> loss
> of fidelity. It's "good enough."
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> -Aaron
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