Subj : Re: "Highly profitable" Bay Street Video store n Toronto thrives
To : Nightfox
From : Gamgee
Date : Mon Jul 18 2022 08:58 pm
-=> Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-
Ni> Re: Re: "Highly profitable" Bay Street Video store n Toronto
Ni> thrives
Ni> By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Mon Jul 18 2022 02:39 pm
Ga> I'd almost be willing to put money on that being the case. I don't
Ga> think the life of a CD/DVD is *infinite*, but I do think it's a *LOT*
Ga> longer than 20-ish years.
Ni> When CDs were a relatively new medium, I remember hearing people
Ni> say they should theoretically last hundreds of years. Maybe
Ni> that's too optimistic, but I tend to think they should last quite
Ni> a while.
Yes, I remember that too, and agree that (maybe) that's a little too
optimistic, but I think a hundred seems possible, assuming proper care
and storage.
Ni> I've also seen "M-Disc" recordsable optical discs that are
Ni> supposedly made to last a lot longer than regular recordable
Ni> discs.
Haven't heard of those, but might look for that the next time I buy a
spindle of something. I don't use many any more these days, but a
couple of times a year I'll burn my /SBBS directory to one, date it, and
add it to a pile.
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