> I still like optical media for making backups which then get archived > away.
Interesting, I would've thought that was a thing of the past. Myself, I use a HD cradle and rather than naive, slow and error-prone per-file copy; I clone entire clusters of blocks instead... muuuch faster (a backup must be fast to perform, or else one resists doing them). Also, a 1TB drive now costs just US$ 75, while a blu-ray write alone starts at US$ 200. Last but not least, it's fairly easy to automate (i.e. I have custom boot menu as well as shutdown script for these boring but necessary tasks: http://goo.gl/NxUnV) So for me, blu-ray is primarily a medium of transport for near- lossless quality movies. Once content providers get past their paranoia of control and shift their mentality from depots/items to streams/services, blu-ray will probably only be used by HiFi enthusiasts much like laser discs of the past. (And no, we're not there yet, NetFlix and others so called international efforts leaves much to be desired.) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
