On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 1:46 AM, Adam Quirk <qu...@wreckandsalvage.com> wrote: > I'm in the middle of a move, and came across the box of mini-DV tapes I've > accumulated over the years. I'm seriously considering chucking it all. > Will I, or anyone, really ever want to watch two-hundred hours of random > clips from my life and work?
Almost certainly not. But 1 minute of it could be the most valuable thing you've ever kept. Don't toss'em, you'll regret it. The physical space required is trivial, but the data is irreplaceable.. > There's a part of me that wants to keep everything, every second that I > shot. But there's another part of me that knows I already cut and uploaded > and shared the best parts of these tapes. What was "best" at the time may not be so in the future. Dave.
