XPost: aus.computers, alt.os.linux.debian   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 18 Aug 2025 01:35:46 -0400, Paul wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 8/17/2025 8:15 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   > USB sticks, the NAND does not last forever ...   
      
   Never said it did.   
      
   > ... and the USB stick is a poor archival media.   
      
   Better than optical.   
      
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