Throughout this whole thread, I've been tempted to say that you get better data fidelity if you take a green magic marker and mark the edges of the disk...
Of course, I know people here will get that old, tired meme... It got me wondering, though, if anybody tested that hypothesis for longevity since the marker would seal the edges... maybe :) Warner On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 9:07 PM, hollandia--- via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote: > Is there any relationship betwween the SPEED at which laser-disks are > written and the length of time that the recording will last? > > Kurt > > > >> On Jul 22, 2018, at 6:47 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> On 07/22/2018 06:34 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > >> > >>> On premises has the exact same problem as tape. You must have a > >>> refresh plan. That’s the advantage of off prem, you don’t have to > >>> worry about refresh. > >> > >> I don't exactly follow you. In the case of a specific example for NASA > >> and its vendors a given mission may involve tens of thousands of tapes. > >> When a mission concludes, tapes are usually bundled off to a warehouse > >> and then later junked. There's no money in the mission budget for > >> preservation ad perpetuum. > >> > >> --Chuck > > >
