[ale] is USB stick safer than CD-ROM/DVD

[James Sumners]

But then you give Flickr/Yahoo license to use your pictures however
they wish. Everyone seems to be in love with Flickr, but ignorant of
the TOS.

I agree with using the USB stick for everyday use and DVDs for backup.

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 3:16 AM, Brian Pitts <brian at polibyte.com> wrote:
> jtholmes wrote:
>  > We have so many pictures on DVD that it takes about
>  > 4 DVD's to hold them all and it keeps growing.
>  >
>  > I was wondering if a 16Gb USB stick would be just
>  > as safe as a DVD, i.e not suspectible to being erased
>  > magnetically etc.
>
>  For $25 a year you can store an unlimited amount of pictures on Flickr.
>  I'm sure there other other image hosts with similar deals.
>
>  http://www.flickr.com/upgrade/
>
>  -Brian
>
>
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