22 Dec
2012
22 Dec
'12
11:41 a.m.
On 12/22/2012 02:34 PM, Chris Tofu wrote:
So...where can we get older long-life-expectancy flash
drives? I
don't care if they're less capacious; I need to sneakernet small
groups of files around occasionally, not swap copies of my entire
movie collection.
C: Now you could say the industry is just giving the consumer what
they want.
One could. But the problem here is that the consumers are too
clueless to know what they NEED, and in the Wal*Mart Nation, "cheaper is
better", even when it isn't, and the industry is all too willing to oblige.
This is not a good thing overall.
Much of the data (a bloody huge amount) being shifted
around is eminently replaceable. The latest version of Spiderman can
hardly be considered mission critical.
Sure, but photos of Baby are what inevitably gets lost when people do
stupid things and use shit equipment.
And then they go out and buy the same shit equipment the next time.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA