Proven and lasting technology....

[trekkiedane]

CDs.

Not a lasting technology; neither as individual discs or as storage media.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Some definitions of technology are pretty broad.

Yeah, one definition refers to systems or methods of organization, which also applies to language. Another one mentions the first album of the death metal band Crimson Death, which probably doesn't.

 

[scotpens]

^^ Touché!

 

[doubleohfive]

CDs.

Not a lasting technology; neither as individual discs or as storage media.

I still buy CDs, despite the fact that better, more convenient forms of distribution of music, software, etc. are available.

I still back stuff up on them.

I still listen to music from them and install software using them. Given how long it's been since they appeared on the scene, I would disagree. When CDs go the way of the 8-track and VHS, then maybe, but as near as I can tell, CDs aren't going anywhere.

 

[SVD]

Does anyone still wear a hat?

I've got half a dozen baseball caps I wear on a regular basis, plus a few cowboy hats I wear upon occasions.

 

[Mr. B]

CDs.

Not a lasting technology; neither as individual discs or as storage media.

The optical disc might have been a better suggestion.

 

[doubleohfive]

I can't speak to optical discs as I don't know that I've ever used them. I have however been using, listening to and making CDs for about seventeen years now. And I know for a fact they were around before that; This coupled with the fact that they don't seem to be going the way of VHS (yet, anyway) led to my inclusion of them on my initial list.

 

[sojourner]

Then again, records had a pretty long run as well (lasting over 100 years), but definitely on their last legs now. CD's I am guessing won't live as long as that.

 

[trekkiedane]

^Vinyl lives!

Figures released in the United States in early 2009 showed that sales of vinyl albums nearly doubled in 2008, with 1.88 million sold - up from just under 1 million in 2007.

Wikipedia

I can't speak to optical discs as I don't know that I've ever used them. I have however been using, listening to and making CDs for about seventeen years now. And I know for a fact they were around before that; This coupled with the fact that they don't seem to be going the way of VHS (yet, anyway) led to my inclusion of them on my initial list.

The (audio) CD is about as old as the space shuttle, sales peaked about ten years ago and are now only half of that -I seriously believe you'll have difficulty finding stores that still sell any in another seventeen years.

For storage of digital data the other formats (dvd and blu-ray) might be around a bit longer though.

 

[J.T.B.]

Nobody's building multipurpose stadia anymore. As Camden Yards proved, it's simply better to build places for one sport alone.

Too bad they didn't stick with the previous, "proven" system of owners paying for the ballparks, instead of taxpayers.

--Justin

 

[RJDiogenes]

For storage of digital data the other formats (dvd and blu-ray) might be around a bit longer though.

Discs of that size that use the same type of player or drive will probably be around quite a while, for the sake of being backward compatible.

 

[trekkiedane]

^Yes, new drives will quite probably be able to read old formats of the discs for a loooong time (possibly even for the next fifty years or more) so when the optical disc/drive falls it'll be big, REAL big.

 

[M'Sharak]

I can't speak to optical discs as I don't know that I've ever used them. I have however been using, listening to and making CDs for about seventeen years now. And I know for a fact they were around before that; This coupled with the fact that they don't seem to be going the way of VHS (yet, anyway) led to my inclusion of them on my initial list.

Audio CDs and CD-ROMs are optical discs. So are DVDs and so are the old LaserDiscs of the late 70s and the 1980s.

 

[doubleohfive]

Gotcha. Thanks for clarifying, M'Sharak!