Casey Liss

Although I did, seeing this video did make me wonder, do I still have that in my attic or did I finally get rid of it? I kept it for a really long time because it was so expensive because it was like the fancy one, you know, like the, you know, the best reviewed, you know, especially the beginning of ****. Like this was before like the 52X or whatever. Beep.

sorry sorry it's hard to do um but yeah i don't even know if i still have that if i still had it it's probably because it was so expensive that i just wanted to keep it because it's like i spent all my i don't remember what it was that was my allowance i was older than that but still i spent a lot of money on it so it has sentimental value so i bet it's still up there somewhere

sorry sorry it's hard to do um but yeah i don't even know if i still have that if i still had it it's probably because it was so expensive that i just wanted to keep it because it's like i spent all my i don't remember what it was that was my allowance i was older than that but still i spent a lot of money on it so it has sentimental value so i bet it's still up there somewhere

For every one of those, there's someone like Paul Tower who says, quote, I lost a ton of data in the 90s before I knew how prone to failure they were. As a result, I have almost no pictures from college. Irreplaceable pictures. And he says, I can't remember the last time one of these pieces of media worked.

For every one of those, there's someone like Paul Tower who says, quote, I lost a ton of data in the 90s before I knew how prone to failure they were. As a result, I have almost no pictures from college. Irreplaceable pictures. And he says, I can't remember the last time one of these pieces of media worked.

I mean, I could continue reading from other feedback that I've gathered. But, you know, like, look, like I said, there's this is a situation where there are clearly a lot of variables, including, by the way, one of the variables that you might not think about, which is like, oh, so you you know, you want to read this later, but you haven't been actively using it. Where have you stored it?

I mean, I could continue reading from other feedback that I've gathered. But, you know, like, look, like I said, there's this is a situation where there are clearly a lot of variables, including, by the way, one of the variables that you might not think about, which is like, oh, so you you know, you want to read this later, but you haven't been actively using it. Where have you stored it?

How has it been stored? What is the humidity like? Has it been in the sun? What is the temperature like? So many variables. And my contention is that there are so many different combination of variables that result in failure that it's enough to keep this out of where you guys wanted to put it.

How has it been stored? What is the humidity like? Has it been in the sun? What is the temperature like? So many variables. And my contention is that there are so many different combination of variables that result in failure that it's enough to keep this out of where you guys wanted to put it.

I mean, that's part of these people giving their experiences and sort of feeling down on this is that, yes, of course, all storage media has some failure rate, but the combination of what these things were used for And how prone they might be to failure resulted in people losing data and remembering it and telling stories about it.

I mean, that's part of these people giving their experiences and sort of feeling down on this is that, yes, of course, all storage media has some failure rate, but the combination of what these things were used for And how prone they might be to failure resulted in people losing data and remembering it and telling stories about it.

Oh, it isn't just an academic concern or something like, yeah, all storage media fails, but it's not a big deal because by then I had moved on. These people lost data to it. And that's why they remember. Kind of like when we talked about floppy disks, losing data on floppy disks, right? People remember it. It's not like floppy disks were just incredibly unreliable.

Oh, it isn't just an academic concern or something like, yeah, all storage media fails, but it's not a big deal because by then I had moved on. These people lost data to it. And that's why they remember. Kind of like when we talked about floppy disks, losing data on floppy disks, right? People remember it. It's not like floppy disks were just incredibly unreliable.

They were the main storage media on the computer for ages. But when you lose something, it sticks with you. And that happened with this storage media. to enough people that they remember it. And so, yeah, it gets the terrible grade, the terrible unfair grade that it got.

They were the main storage media on the computer for ages. But when you lose something, it sticks with you. And that happened with this storage media. to enough people that they remember it. And so, yeah, it gets the terrible grade, the terrible unfair grade that it got.

But you were close. You were close. It was just some of the particulars were slightly off. That's why we'll put a link in the show notes to two things. One, the Wikipedia page on it. And two, a DP review video if you want to see in detail what he was talking about.

But you were close. You were close. It was just some of the particulars were slightly off. That's why we'll put a link in the show notes to two things. One, the Wikipedia page on it. And two, a DP review video if you want to see in detail what he was talking about.

I think you did the exact same slightly wrong description as you did in the last episode. I think that's what you just did.

I think you did the exact same slightly wrong description as you did in the last episode. I think that's what you just did.

Not quite. But yeah. So we should read this feedback from Sam Doran, who I think summed it up pretty well.