Posted by ChairmanOfTheBored on 12/29/07 21:58

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:15:38 +1100, "Trevor Wilson"
<trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote:

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>"Soundhaspriority" <nowhere@nowhere.org> wrote in message
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>> "Trevor Wilson" <trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote in message
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>>> **The best are DVD-RAM disks. Any brand.
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>>> Trevor Wilson
>> I'm not contradicting you, but can you provide some supporting documents?
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>**Certainly:
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-RAM
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>The cartridge type disks are particularly robust.
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>Trevor Wilson
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It can be argued that it is the best among REWRITABLE media.

RW media, however, is MORE susceptible to data loss over time than
write once could ever be.

Both types, however, are written to (LASER impinged, NOT burned) a
polymer (plastic) layer that IS subject to physical, mechanical mutation
over time. That's just the way it is.

The only way to get past this is for there to be made, a high power
write once medium that actually gets burned, not merely impinged upon.

Then, heat and time will not be able to cause a mutation.

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