wtnhighlander Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 11 hours ago, thatCharlieDude said: Anybody remember Zip disks and drives? Ha! I remember working with reel to reel, paper punch tape, and punch cards. 8" Floppy disks were the best thing since bread. (before we learned to slice it) My phone camera now takes pictures bigger than the capacity of the entire disk array connected to the CAD system I serviced in my previous job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wtnhighlander Posted March 1, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 8 hours ago, Chestnut said: If you think websites won't try and use your data to make money your probably wrong. If they are offering a free service, you are the product, and your data will be used to make them money. To proved it, stash a few naked pics on your "free" storage account and see how long it takes for them to appear on Facebook. Use a stopwatch.... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatCharlieDude Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 4 minutes ago, wtnhighlander said: To proved it, stash a few naked pics on your "free" storage account and see how long it takes for them to appear on Facebook. Use a stopwatch.... Nobody wants to see my naked ass..... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 I've got 3 fileing cabinets that were made for storing rows of punch cards. Great for hardware now but they were brutally heavy to get up the stairs to put them in the loft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 15 minutes ago, thatCharlieDude said: Oh, I'm sure they're using it, why else is it free? For the pay accounts like AWS or Dropbox they better not use my data if I'm paying them for storage. With cloud storage sites like AWS you can set up the file structure the way you want it. It's basically just a remote drive you can access. BTW, I try to encrypt everything I store remotely then only I can use it. I didn't mean just free storage sites, there are a lot of shady sites like the ones that offer free prints ect. 13 minutes ago, wtnhighlander said: Ha! I remember working with reel to reel, paper punch tape, and punch cards. 8" Floppy disks were the best thing since bread. (before we learned to slice it) My phone camera now takes pictures bigger than the capacity of the entire disk array connected to the CAD system I serviced in my previous job. Fun fact Betty White is older than sliced bread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatCharlieDude Posted March 1, 2018 Report Share Posted March 1, 2018 Maybe this will replace dvds and blu-ray? https://www.theverge.com/2016/2/16/11018018/5d-data-storage-glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 3 hours ago, thatCharlieDude said: Maybe this will replace dvds and blu-ray? https://www.theverge.com/2016/2/16/11018018/5d-data-storage-glass I call BS. Today's scientists can't even prove that ANYTHING has existed for that long, much less existed in an unchaged form. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatCharlieDude Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 1 minute ago, wtnhighlander said: I call BS. Today's scientists can't even prove that ANYTHING has existed for that long, much less existed in an unchaged form. I think the point is it would last a long time, longer than any of us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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