A trillion or so would be a good start.
Posted on 05/23/2009 1:35:38 PM PDT by neverdem
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I’m one of the few people I know without a DVD/Blueray player.
I don’t want to be caught in the old VHS/Beta thing. As soon as I buy one the other will become the standard. I’ll wait until the battle is overt.
Thanks for the post. I enjoy reading scientific related articles.
What I see here is not so much the idea that more data could be packed on a standard DVD sized disk, although of course that could be done, but the promise of mini disks that could hold entire movies. It would seem that a one inch or even possibly a considerably smaller disk, could hold an entire movie.
It also seems that if you could get it small enough, perhaps a spinning disk would not be required. Perhaps a tiny wafer could be inserted in the side of a television or viewer, and a laser bounced off a mirror might be able to do the reading off a stationary medium.
This is fertile ground for thought.
Thanks.
I use DVD’s to store data. 4.7 gigs sometimes isn’t enough. Vacation photos can sometimes exceed 8 gigs. A weekend of photos can hit 4 gigs easy. I’m uneasy storing my photos on an external hard drive. I’ve already lost several thousand when externals decide to kick the bucket.
I want to travel forward and backward in time at my choosing. So, when does this hit the market because I'm tired of the Zero Admin.
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But I imagine DVD’s are susceptible to the same thing that happens to CD’s... some kind of fungus can eventually start degrading them.
See the first link in comment# 8.
I keep them in a plastic bag with silicon gel packs. Eventuality I’ll have to transfer them over to new “whatever” storage they’ll have out in a few years.
Bookmarked.
Good plan. Most important, don’t scratch them in the least. And I’m not sure, but I would keep them away from any UV light also.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Fascinating, and thanks for the ping. Can you please add me to your science/tech ping list?
"Nanorod" used to be a insult. Hmmm.
Somebody told me to look up archival quality gold cd's and dvd's for storage of my most important data. They are supposed to be guaranteed for 100 years or something but are quite pricey and I haven't heard much input from anyone who has tried them.
Anyway, I tend to make complete new backup copies of my crucial stuff once every year or two, so maybe I'll be OK.
I actually still have several boxes of those from my college days.
Those are problem for me, as I don’t have an iron.
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