With the amount of data that I need to backup lately, DVDs (even double-sided 8.2 GB) are too small.  My last backup would have required like 30 DVDs.  No more.  I have a 1TB external HD which is kept sealed in a closet.  For the cost of these, I could always get a second one as a double-secure backup system.  And the speeds (even using USB 2.0) are so much different than the 30+ minutes to write/verify a 4GB DVD that I won't be using DVD for archival backup any longer.  The flexibility (you can simply plug in the drive and copy files to it) is a plus as well.  Maybe when they come out with 250GB optical disc storage... prob'ly not.  ;0)

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, you blow your whole leg off.

 -- Bjarne Stroustrup

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