On Saturday, March 30, 2002, at 08:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Floppies fail because they have moving parts. Just as CD-ROM drives
> fail and
> hard drive do.
They are also sensitive to being heated (left on a monitor or a window
for a while) and EM radiation (on top of a monitor or a magnetic
screwdriver or similar items).
> Floppies also slowly degrade because they are rewritten over, unlike a
> CD-RW
> which is like starting fresh every time. Remember there is a 25 year
> gap
> between floppies and CDs though, so obviously the technology would
> change.
CD-RWs fail too eventually. There is a limit to the times the laser
sensitive dye can be reset to zeros before it begins to break down due
to heat and harsh light exposure that occurs during blanking/writing.
Also CD-RWs are prone to strong laser light and heating by other
sources. There is no such thing as a totally infalable media, solid
state or disk based.
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