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Katsunami · 07-21-2013, 10:45 AM

At one side, digital is more convenient than "real" stuff.

I have hundreds of CD's stuffed into a small box as FLAC files. I still buy CD's, but I only do so to be able to create my own FLAC files. (For people who wonder: FLAC is a compression format that does not lose any musical information, as compared to MP3.)

I have hundreds of books stuffed onto my HDD as EPUBs.

I have thousands of pictures stuffed beside the EPUBs, as RAW or JPG files.

If I would have all of that as real CD's on shelves (let alone LP's; everything is in boxes in the attic right now), real books, and real photo albums, I'd need a house three times as big as I do now. The only reason why I still have DVD's and Blu-Ray discs sitting on shelves, is because I don't (yet) have the space needed to rip them. A single DVD takes around 8.5GB, while a Blu-Ray can go up to 30GB or so. I *could* rip and store the DVD's, but the Blu-Ray's are just too big.

On the other side, digital is also breaking down the world as we now it. No more CD-stores. No more bookstores. No more photography labs. No nothing.

Maybe the convenience of digital is making the world less rich and interesting to live in.

07-21-2013, 10:45 AM	#33
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	At one side, digital is more convenient than "real" stuff. I have hundreds of CD's stuffed into a small box as FLAC files. I still buy CD's, but I only do so to be able to create my own FLAC files. (For people who wonder: FLAC is a compression format that does not lose any musical information, as compared to MP3.) I have hundreds of books stuffed onto my HDD as EPUBs. I have thousands of pictures stuffed beside the EPUBs, as RAW or JPG files. If I would have all of that as real CD's on shelves (let alone LP's; everything is in boxes in the attic right now), real books, and real photo albums, I'd need a house three times as big as I do now. The only reason why I still have DVD's and Blu-Ray discs sitting on shelves, is because I don't (yet) have the space needed to rip them. A single DVD takes around 8.5GB, while a Blu-Ray can go up to 30GB or so. I could rip and store the DVD's, but the Blu-Ray's are just too big. On the other side, digital is also breaking down the world as we now it. No more CD-stores. No more bookstores. No more photography labs. No nothing. Maybe the convenience of digital is making the world less rich and interesting to live in. Last edited by Katsunami; 07-21-2013 at 10:49 AM.