[QUOTE=Forumaster;51442593]Who uses optical media anymore?[/QUOTE]
Oh hey, that reminds me:
I now have an actual piece of write-only memory.
I've been trying to burn some CDs of music to listen to while driving. My laptop's blu-ray drive died sometime after I last used it, months ago (while trying, unsuccessfully, to watch The Force Awakens). The DVD burner from my previous laptop, now scrapped, has also died while sitting in a box for a half-decade.
So I went to my desktop. Got everything set up, started the burn... and then it failed to verify after burning. In fact, I couldn't access it at all. But every step up to that had worked with no errors.
I stuck it in my car just to see what would happen. It works - I have five albums' worth of German symphonic power metal to listen to. But it won't read in any of my computers. It's effectively write-only memory, at least to me.
In my transition away from Magneto Optical I've been hoarding DVD-RAM drives.
I'm amazed how much slower it is over MO.
It's not write-only if the CD player can play it.
It is if you don't close the burning session.
I can't remember the last time I used the cd drive in my desktop
I used to burn stuff like photos and such onto CDs and DVDs because I didn't have an external hard drive, or the space for it. Now it's in a DVD folder thing somewhere in my room. After getting my first external hard drive and unlimited Google Drive storage, there's no point in using the CDs and DVDs I still have.
[QUOTE=Forumaster;51442593]Who uses optical media anymore?[/QUOTE]
You'd be surprised how much keeping back-ups on compact discs and rescuing/booting via floppy's saved my behind.
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But that's what flash drives are for
[QUOTE=Del91;51443072]But that's what flash drives are for[/QUOTE]
I'm too stubbornly old-fashioned to deal with the twenty-first century. Maybe not as XP-defensive as some, but to me, me{ga,bi}bytes are still pretty big. Lord knows what I'd do with a 100G partition, nevertheless multi-terabyte disks that people here chew through.
[QUOTE=Stonecycle;51443109]I'm too stubbornly old-fashioned to deal with the twenty-first century. Maybe not as XP-defensive as some, but to me, me{ga,bi}bytes are still pretty big. Lord knows what I'd do with a 100G partition, nevertheless multi-terabyte disks that people here chew through.[/QUOTE]
Then you should find flash drives even more amazing!
[editline]28th November 2016[/editline]
I mean you can literally buy a [URL="https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-SDCZ43-128G-GAM46-Newest-Version/dp/B01BGTG2A0/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1480393229&sr=1-1&keywords=128gb+flash+drive"]128GB flash drive[/URL] that's the size of your thumbnail for $32
I end up burning videos and photo DVDs for family all the time. Plus I watch Blurays.
I still have an old optiplex in the closet with an i7 860, 8gb RAM, 2xDVD-RW's, and a combo sdcard/cf reader. I should make it some sort of ultimate storage device, maybe swap out the top drive with a bluray one. It's sure a hell of a lot quieter than my R210.
On the topic of servers, if I'm running samba with external USB hard drives and I want to throw them in the spare SATA ports on the motherboard, how will Linux handle the change in location? This is coming from a guy who knows dangerously little about Ubuntu Server but currently maintains three machines in various locations.
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;51443117]Then you should find flash drives even more amazing!
[editline]28th November 2016[/editline]
I mean you can literally buy a [URL="https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-SDCZ43-128G-GAM46-Newest-Version/dp/B01BGTG2A0/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1480393229&sr=1-1&keywords=128gb+flash+drive"]128GB flash drive[/URL] that's the size of your thumbnail for $32[/QUOTE]
Holy crap. And I thought 128G for <$100 was impressive enough. A flash drive [i]that[/i] small is bound to get lost in a drawer knowing me. Something like that would still be good for a secondary place to store back-up. Okay you sold me on the idea of using flash drives.
[QUOTE=Stonecycle;51443163]Holy crap. And I thought 128G for <$100 was impressive enough. A flash drive [i]that[/i] small is bound to get lost in a drawer knowing me. Something like that would still be good for a secondary place to store back-up. Okay you sold me on the idea of using flash drives.[/QUOTE]
Now just give me a chance to sell you on 1tb hard drives.
[QUOTE=Levelog;51443167]Now just give me a chance to sell you on 1tb hard drives.[/QUOTE]
Besides back-ups like before, what am I going to use 1T for? Fifty copies of the Encyclopædia Galactica? What is this space magic you're peddling?
[QUOTE=Stonecycle;51443178]Besides back-ups like before, what am I going to use 1T for? Fifty copies of the Encyclopædia Galactica? What is this space magic you're peddling?[/QUOTE]
Did you literally just wake up from a cryogenic freezing from 2005?
[QUOTE=Stonecycle;51443178]Besides back-ups like before, what am I going to use 1T for? Fifty copies of the Encyclopædia Galactica? What is this space magic you're peddling?[/QUOTE]
every single linux distro on planet earth
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;51443212]Did you literally just wake up from a cryogenic freezing from 2005?[/QUOTE]
Yeah and I'm still a bit grouchy without my post-slumber coffee. Really though, I just can't imagine what I'd use that kind of space for. Most often I hear people here on FP complaining how they filled their third 4T disk with video games because they lack self-control over their funds when it comes to Steam sales. I don't play video games on a PC anymore. I don't do heavy number-crunching or database-keeping, nor do I deal with graphics much outside of saving to PNGs. It's not something I think about because I've never had a need for it.
[QUOTE=Stonecycle;51443178]Besides back-ups like before, what am I going to use 1T for? Fifty copies of the Encyclopædia Galactica? What is this space magic you're peddling?[/QUOTE]
1080p60 high bitrate videos and games that are starting to take up 70GB+ of space.
[QUOTE=LordCrypto;51443226]every single linux distro on planet earth[/QUOTE]
Heresy. There are only a few distros of BSD and that's all you need.
[editline]29th November 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=Stonecycle;51443250]Yeah and I'm still a bit grouchy without my post-slumber coffee. Really though, I just can't imagine what I'd use that kind of space for. Most often I hear people here on FP complaining how they filled their third 4T disk with video games because they lack self-control over their funds when it comes to Steam sales. I don't play video games on a PC anymore. I don't do heavy number-crunching or database-keeping, nor do I deal with graphics much outside of saving to PNGs. It's not something I think about because I've never had a need for it.[/QUOTE]
Yeah honestly you should just get a 250gb SSD for the same price.
I don't know why but something keeps on changing the power settings to Balanced when I previously had it on High Performance.
[QUOTE=Levelog;51443354]Heresy. There are only a few distros of BSD and that's all you need.
[editline]29th November 2016[/editline]
Yeah honestly you should just get a 250gb SSD for the same price.[/QUOTE]
did i forget air quotes around linux distros
Bought a standalone CD recorder only to discover it needs special CD-Rs. Anyone know if those special Music CD-Rs are still around?
[t]http://i.imgur.com/i54l4HT.jpg[/t]
So the SSD arrived. Time to install Windows 10.
Also I have a theory on why the previous hard drive is acting so weird. I don't have a proper hard drive caddie for the ThinkPad (yet, it's coming from eBay, eventually) so my friend used some foam to have the hard drive as a snug fit. The thing is, he put the foam in such a way that the hard drive is angled diagonally in the hard drive bay which may have caused issues. Oh well, whenever the hard drive caddie arrives, I'll see if that is legit the case, or if the hard drive is just shit.
Trying to get used to my new mouse.
The best part was uninstalling Razer Synapse.
[QUOTE=Forumaster;51442593]Who uses optical media anymore?[/QUOTE]
I like my HD Blu-ray quality very much and you will have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands before I give it up.
[QUOTE=Forumaster;51442593]Who uses optical media anymore?[/QUOTE]People want 1080P or 4K movies and don't have good internet in their area? People who want uncompressed audio?
[editline]29th November 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=Genericenemy;51444026]I like my HD Blu-ray quality very much and you will have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands before I give it up.[/QUOTE]UHD blu-ray is actually 10-bit video, which be great if they allowed you to rip them to a media server.
[QUOTE=RoboChimp;51444048]People want 1080P or 4K movies and don't have good internet in their area? People who want uncompressed audio?[/QUOTE]
What is the point of uncompressed media when TAK, APE, FLAC, ALAC, etc exist and store the same data in less space? CDs also don't work well with phones or support anything over 16 bit depth. When I get CDs they get ripped to FLAC and then put away.
[QUOTE=RoboChimp;51444048]UHD blu-ray is actually 10-bit video, which be great if they allowed you to rip them to a media server.[/QUOTE]
They will be cracked eventually, besides I believe at least for now all 4K blu-ray releases come with a standard 1080p Blu-ray anyway. So it should hold you over for the short term.
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