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Why disc drives are an endangered species
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, December 07 2012 @ 11:08 AM EST
Many government facilities disallow the use of flash drives and still require
burning CDs for transporting data.

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Why disc drives are an endangered species
Authored by: lnuss on Friday, December 07 2012 @ 11:19 AM EST
The author also makes the mistake of assuming that because he and his social
circle think that way that it is true of almost everyone. Not just optical
disks, but desktop computers, local storage, TV sets, useful programs on your
computer, and many other things have been touted as being outmoded or obsolete
or in danger of oblivion, just because someone has an opinion (or perhaps an
agenda).

For example, I (and a few friends, too) am distrustful of the so-called cloud
services, for security, access, privacy and potential misuse reasons,
*especially* when those services are "free."

---
Larry N.

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Cloud is not a medium
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, December 07 2012 @ 12:44 PM EST
Doesn't work for anything important.

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For those who still own DVDs and want to watch them on their computers,
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, December 07 2012 @ 01:40 PM EST
I still own a huge stack of DVDs. I keep them as "permanent"
backups and proof of my "copyrights". I watch them on my
computer more quickly and conveniently by calling up the
rip on my NAS. Anybody who doesn't immediately rip a DVD
on getting it home, probably also is ruining their precious
collection of 78s by playing them on an original turntable.

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