Your CD and DVD Discs May Fail Sooner Than You Think - Comments Page 2

To Ken L.: Since Mel Brooks is still alive, maybe he can write his last screen play, his finale, depicting how society has been driven stark raving mad by the invention of the digital computer. He could show how the human mind has been twisted and warped by the intricacies of that demon invention.

Also a correction to my earlier comment. Referring to binary code, I said X's and O's instead of 1's and 0's. An erroneous flashback to my days as a high school football coach diagramming plays.

I like knowing about M-Discs!

Screw the cloud. I've been let down by it/ companies already a couple times.

I back up a few TBs at a time so the free 5GB or 15GB, which I do use but will never put my trust in. (You'll see. There has been articles on it here b4.)

Flash Dtives. Good luck! LOL They often work well but SSD type storage when it does fail, you're either screwed or paying 100 times what those M- disc's cost! I've seen a number of them fail.

HDD, some brands are pretty trustworthy but after they fail, I get a readout saying how many hours they were used. They are mechanical. They should expect to fail any minute.

I'm not just cynical. I worked for years working on computers and I've made tons of DVDs that have lasted a long time. However, I'm not going to poo poo etching in stone, that is nearly perfect IMHO! There is nothing perfect on earth. IMO

I've got cr4p backed up all over the place, computers, cloud, flash drives, dvds, cds, and I'm sick of looking for something that doesn't involve trusting a company that might change their terms or become an activist, or just go bankrupt or sell out for the fun of it. Not to mention privacy and security issues with all of them unless you spend tons on the cloud and even then, no. Yes, I can use 7-zip to encrypt. Hopefully quantum computers or Ai evolving doesn't make puddy out of all of those ideas.

I love the idea of 100GB disc's because I don't need it all in stone but there are certain things that would be nice. I'd have a copy here in fireproof safe only. Screw paying a bank for anything more. They get paid to play with money. At least in my lifetime I recall when they'd at least act a little bit like they cared about people. The interest rates they offer to use our money. Uggh!

To tell the truth I debate with going with the M-discs or just putting almost all my "stuff" in a fire and learn to live free. If you trust any one medium, you probably haven't researched it enough to know how fallible it all can be. IMO

Bless ya all! Oh, by the way, check out the FBI crime info sites. China already has a profile on every single person here according to them. So, there's one answer for: "Isn't the cloud safe?"

Watch a couple Snowden interviews. Actually, spoiler alert! If you do those 2 things you won't think I'm a cynic or a trouble maker. LOL Which I'm not actually. I'm a relatively quiet tech worker that loves to learn but gets ticked when I read people bragging about the fact they've been lucky enough not to lose a bunch of data to time or physical junk that myopically appears to be infallible.

Good day!

By the way. If Bob refers to a couple old comedy actors, believe that he's doing well to lighten a possibly heavy subject. I briefly checked out the link but already it seems quite fitting. :-) LOL

Even if the particular actors haven't appealed to you, maybe see what's up.

Sorry to double dip. Thanks for throwing in ideas worth a smirk or more! :)