XPost: aus.computers, alt.os.linux.debian   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On 18 Aug 2025 08:18:31 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   They did last for a few years. Unlike rewritable media.   
      
   >> Nowadays USB sticks are even more compact.   
   >   
   > But also vulnerable to degrading over time.   
      
   They would last even longer.   
      
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