[rollei_list] Re: Storage Media [OT]
- From: "Roger Wiser" <rwiser@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 19:28:48 -0500
Jeff, thanks once more for your assistance! I can understand that if each
memory cell is a type of transistor the reliability would be questionable. I
have been using them for the back up of some of my records as well as picture
storage.I would suppose that they would be best for travel. and temporary use.
Roger
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Kelley
To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 12:58 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Storage Media [OT]
Roger, USB flash drives are NOT maganetic media. They are semi-conductor
devices. Each memory cell in a flash drive is actually a type of transistor.
These types of devices are not reliable archival media either. Eventually a
bit or a byte of date stored can drift from its original state and as with
other digital storage, becomes unreadable.
Also, the devices can only withstand so many read/write cycles before they
wear out. Depending on the type device, that rating may vary from a few
thousand to a million reads or writes....
Jeff
On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Roger Wiser <rwiser@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
USB flash drives for storage seems to be prevalent. I would suppose their
longevity is the same as other magnetic media?
R
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rei Shinozuka" <shino@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 8:13 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Storage Media [OT]
i rememher the story, but as i recalled it , it appeared to
be a confusing violent movie, and at the end, it had a closeup
of a girl's face with a tear in it, and over the titles said
"walt disney"
it's been a while.
-rei
On May03 18:19, Marc James Small wrote:
At 05:23 PM 5/3/2008, Rei Shinozuka wrote:
>i bet of all digital media, cards and paper tape will outlive magetic
tape,
>floppy disks, maybe even some optical disks. when visitors come ot our
>planet in 1,000,000 years, they'll be reverse-engineering COBOL code to
>figure out what earthlings were about...
>
>-rei
The recently late Sir Arthur Clarke wrote a short
story in the early 1960's in which the Venusians
come to Earth some thousands of years in the
future. Mankind is dead but they find
artifacts. The only thing they can decipher is a
strip of movie film and they are baffled by the
sight of Donald Duck throwing a temper tantrum.
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
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