philosophy of selling off CDs

Atavachron wrote: siLLy puPPy wrote: ^ P.A. party at Atavachron's house! Do you have heated swimming pool?  A pool in SF?   Unheard of. I too have never had a CD "fail", though in the old days (read early 90s) they did have flaws now & then.   But no problems with any disc I've bought in the last ten years.

Quinino wrote: You'll make so few money that anyway it would feel better - the soul, not the pocket - making a donation to a local institution/public library/youth shelter (if we do it with spare clothes, furniture, toys, old appliances - I for once have this habit - why not with records?)

siLLy puPPy wrote: Lewian wrote: siLLy puPPy wrote: i've never had one single CD fail and don't know anyone else who has either Now you do. I lost two or three. And no, it wasn't the sun. Well, losing them isn't THEIR fault! Write it down where you left them  Seriously, what happened?

These CDs developed flaws and they were getting worse to the point that they were effectively unlistenable. Somebody wrote that they haven't seen this kind of thing in the last ten years and actually I think mine were longer ago. Hard disks become better, too, though; most bad issues with HDs I've seen are also 10+ years in the past or with HDs that were very old; but of course I know that it can still happen (and I make provisions). I don't really buy that sun activity will kill all hard disks and if it does, humankind may have other things to worry about first - but I know it's at my own peril.

(Actually now that we're talking about this, I also remember that I literally lost the odd one, which isn't their fault but won't happen easily with my hard disk. )


Edited by Lewian - January 29 2018 at 05:26

siLLy puPPy wrote: The sun killing hard drives is a theory of course but a very likely one based on previous sun activities. It's basically planning for the worst case scenario. I hope they are wrong but one never knows. These events are well documented along with the aftermath

"very likely based on previous sun activities" - this is surprising and doesn't sound quite true. I don't remember any big loss of HDs as a result of sun activities in the past. A "worst case scenario" is not normally a likely one. "These events are well documented along with the aftermath" - sun activity yes, but resulting HD loss??

^I would say the over simplified "Fear = profit" equation would lead governments and corporations to play up the possibility.  Especially a scenario that would lead to consumers storing backups of backups of backups in lead lined vaults miles beneath the Earth and sea, custom detailed for the purveyor of elegance and prestige in data recovery enterprises

I like CDs...you can hold them...I don't trust hard drives in relation to longevity...even though early CDs have a similar notoriety.

I have this theory that CDs will bounce back as collectable again in a decade or so....just like vinyl did. I am probably wrong! But if cassette tapes are supposedly back (which is a nonsense) then CDs should be (back, that is) in a few years.

Who knows, Minidisc might also be in for a revival!!

^ Do you have lots of prog stuff?

Guldbamsen wrote: Why? Because of chicks. Yep I was that impressionable. That is also why I still got a New Kids On The Block cassette.

Edited by Mascodagama - January 30 2018 at 06:45

^ I have a good collection of cheesy pop. I have a New Kids On The Block album, Papa Roach etc. Not that i listen to them but i like having them in case i want to scare away guests! 

siLLy puPPy wrote: ^ I have a good collection of cheesy pop. I have a New Kids On The Block album, Papa Roach etc. Not that i listen to them but i like having them in case i want to scare away guests!