My biggest issue with this would be the lifespan of the media. CD-Rs are supposed to maintain their integrity for what, ten years? A pressed disc (they predict) will last for at least fifty. But I suppose by the time another decade and a half has passed we'll have a new dominant medium and have to repeat this process once again.
I used to wonder the same thing, but at work last night one of my coworkers shared something frightening.
Readers in the US will probably be aware of the infomercials for Oxy-clean, etc. with Billy Whatever-his-last-name-is. Evidently, my associate's wife considers this man's word as nigh-gospel and will immediately order whatever product he happens to be hawking. Potential usefulness of said product doesn't seem to be a factor.
Every time I start to think that a certain stereotype of American culture doesn't exist, an example appears and shatters my comfortable illusions.
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My biggest issue with this would be the lifespan of the media. CD-Rs are supposed to maintain their integrity for what, ten years? A pressed disc (they predict) will last for at least fifty. But I suppose by the time another decade and a half has passed we'll have a new dominant medium and have to repeat this process once again.
I used to wonder the same thing, but at work last night one of my coworkers shared something frightening.
Readers in the US will probably be aware of the infomercials for Oxy-clean, etc. with Billy Whatever-his-last-name-is. Evidently, my associate's wife considers this man's word as nigh-gospel and will immediately order whatever product he happens to be hawking. Potential usefulness of said product doesn't seem to be a factor.
Every time I start to think that a certain stereotype of American culture doesn't exist, an example appears and shatters my comfortable illusions.