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Uh-oh Batman.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/05/0 ... index.html

LOL!!! what a interesting story.

It's planned obsolescence. Did you really think the RIAA and MPAA would create an "immortal" data format? Of course not! They want to cash in when the next medium comes along that rivals CDs.

yeah i have a few burnt cds to do that even when i took good care of them

Kyouryuu wrote:It's planned obsolescence. Did you really think the RIAA and MPAA would create an "immortal" data format? Of course not! They want to cash in when the next medium comes along that rivals CDs.

i can just see it now.......Smart Cards that have degrading transistors and degrading plastic cases.

that's been known years ago. cdr's lifetime was estimated of about 10 years back then. i myself had well known brand cdr's which worked fine for 4 years, one or two of them then suddely wouldn't work anymore.

i remember that brand clearly because i thought they make reliable products until this happened. but hey, there's always an xx%-error quota.
anyway, no matter what brand it is, i'm going to backup my backup cdr's every five years or so, just to be safe.

the only medium i know of, which lasts a few million years, is stone. heh

heh, yeah the Flintstones' HDDs last forever.
yabbadabbadoo

I bet that bird has to be on some kind of amphetamines to read those drives.

i just have all my rock mp3s on it, so it doesn't have to spin that fast.

Where is TB and his hippy references