quoted 3 lines On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, eric hill wrote:> On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, eric hill wrote:
>
> > changed to something closer to the current formula in the 40's. we
don't
quoted 1 line have any 50 year-old cd's yet, so the durablity problem remains to be> > have any 50 year-old cd's yet, so the durablity problem remains to be
seen
quoted 6 lines unfortunately, most CD's aren't going to last (at original quality) for a>
> unfortunately, most CD's aren't going to last (at original quality) for a
> whole lot longer than 10 years. from what i've been told by
> preservationists and archivists, the only CD's that last are ones burned
> on gold sandwiched between glass. no joke. makes me want to cry and
> seriously consider throwing down for a turntable.
You know, the bigger joke is that the price difference between gold layers,
and aluminium layers, is about 3 pence per CD?(I know - gold is more
expensive but aluminium, but it's more dense, and the layer is so thin the
amount of gold used is negligible).
So let's stop and ponder for a minute, the logic of an industry burning
1000 10-year CD's at 6000 pence, instead of 1000 1000-year CD's at 9000
pence, just to save 3000 pence - a saving of 3 pence per £12.99 CD. Great
idea, industry guys, but think of the long-term...
Jeremy.
PS. My numbers may be faulty.