XPost: aus.computers, alt.os.linux.debian   
   From: not@telling.you.invalid   
      
   In alt.os.linux.debian Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   > On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 17:40:48 +1000, Xeno wrote:   
   >> On 17/8/2025 5:07 pm, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>> On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 15:59:27 +1000, Xeno wrote:   
   >>>> A burnt CD has as much capacity, is in some cases - rewritable, and is   
   >>>> easier to fit into a SAFE. Zip disks are NOT paragons of reliability.   
   >>>   
   >>> Rewritable optical media were never paragons of reliability, either.   
   >>   
   >> But they take up little space so - backups of backups.   
   >   
   > I used write-once media for that.   
      
   Such discs still degrade, just maybe not as fast. One exception are   
   M-Discs since they don't have the "organic layer".   
      
   > Nowadays USB sticks are even more compact.   
      
   But also vulnerable to degrading over time.   
      
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