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Hello Pascal - 

CA>> I just hope they find something better than water to cool
CA>> these things. Water + electricity = bad (IMO). 

PS> Water does not conduct electricity too well. ;) 

Distilled water does not conduct electricity. Water with
impurities does. 

PS> The problem is more corrosion of metal parts that get into
PS> contact with water. 

That's another no-no. 

CA>> There is also much serious discussion that the mechanical
CA>> hard drive has outlived it's usefulness and should be
CA>> replaced by rows of flash cards (or something similar). I
CA>> for one won't miss the mechanical hard drives one bit. 

PS> No technology to do that seems ready to do the same job.
PS> Flash wears off quickly compared to hard disks. 

I did say "or something similar". :-) 

Users wait, engineers invent. We will have it if enough people
want it. 

CA>> Blank CDs are often cheaper than floppies so we can get
CA>> rid of those too. 

PS> Yep, although writable CDs are not much more durable than
PS> floppies. Gotta keep them away from direct sunlight and
PS> damp air. 

Point is there is little/no price difference so why use
floppies? 

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