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can the internet ever become full?
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It never ceases to amaze me how much data individuals keep, and how little they access it (e.g. someone above mentioning filling TB of space and still running out), how much of that will ever be looked at more than once??
I find people (individuals, not businesses) tend to store things "because they can" rather than because they need to...and then panic when their hdd starts to fail and surprise surprise they don't have a backup because they thought £50 for an external hdd was too expensive to be worthwhile....
Just like that huge DVD collection - how many films do you watch over and over again? Pointless hoarding which unfortunately it seems some personality types are prone to.0 -
It never ceases to amaze me how much data individuals keep, and how little they access it (e.g. someone above mentioning filling TB of space and still running out), how much of that will ever be looked at more than once??
I find people (individuals, not businesses) tend to store things "because they can" rather than because they need to...and then panic when their hdd starts to fail and surprise surprise they don't have a backup because they thought £50 for an external hdd was too expensive to be worthwhile....
Does it really matter how much of it will be viewed more than once, and why does something so mundane amaze you
Maintaining backups has pretty much nothing to do with having lots of storage. Unless you have literally nothing digital that you care about then not having a backup solution in place is as big a mistake whether you have 1MB or 4TB of data.
High definition video can fill an impressive amount of space, that alone can make what previously seemed like a lot of storage seem far too little.Having a signature removed for mentioning the removal of a previous signature. Blackwhite bellyfeel double plus good...0 -
High definition video can fill an impressive amount of space, that alone can make what previously seemed like a lot of storage seem far too little.
that's what DVDs are for
......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......
I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple0
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