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Comment Re:Lots of smoke, little fire? (Score 1) 209

And how much do you trust electronic storage? In my 15 years of computer use I have had a hell of a lot more hard drives fail than books. Put them in shipping crates and leave them some where dry. Even if they sit there for a thousand years they may still be useful to some one else after we are all gone. No one thinks about the REALLY long game.

Comment Re:My Personal Tip (Score 1) 310

Because MS will clearly release Windows 9 as a clone of XP and all the Windows 8 knowledge you have ignored wont matter. No wait, they will continue to update like usual and in a few releases you will be woefully behind the industry standard.

Comment Re:Insight? Beyond My Understanding (Score 1) 271

This leads to not just issues relating to another individual, but also to far greater things when you consider that they people might one day be enacting laws based on their personal experience, or lack there of.

You's seen how laws are working out now right? It's not like it could get much worse. At least these people will be familiar with the subject matter.

Comment Re:What's the alternative? (Score 1) 829

So maybe its a bad idea to do business with peripheral makers who's long term plan is for you to have to re-buy their devices rather than offer long term support to let you use them with modern systems. The idea that you will never have to upgrade your OS is just plain stupid, since computers started they have never stopped being updated. When you pick a system have FORWARD compatibility in mind.

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