On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, steve szmidt wrote:
> On Thursday 07 October 2004 02:39 pm, Eben King wrote:
> > On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, steve szmidt wrote:
> > >
> > > Who would ever use Gigabytes of data? You must be kidding!
> >
> > Hey, data expands to fill available space. A DVD holds 4.3*2^30B or
> > so... you do the math.
>
> I'm just kidding ... : )
>
> My DVD player can write 8.5GB
Mine too (NEC 2510A), but I don't have any dual-layer discs.
> (when they release the discs for it, that is).
They're out, just expensive/hard to get.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1082519208752&type=product
1 +R DL, 1 +RW, 8 +R, $25. Not worth it, methinks.
> > Can't wait until we see multi-DVD distros... NOT.
>
> Yes, multi DVD installs. But you know, as storage is getting cheaper and
> cheaper the days of 30 floppy installs are not going to come back.
It's still a PITA to set up, but it's not harder to set up 5 CDs now than
5 floppies were back in the day, I guess.
-- -eben ebQenW1@EtaRmpTabYayU.rIr.OcoPm home.tampabay.rr.com/hactarUnix is user-friendly; it's just picky about who it makes friends with.
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