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Gil Hova

@dan I worked in film sound (post-production) in the late 90s, just as everyone had switched to computers. I had two sound editors tell me to never put a WAV file in a zip, because it would ruin the audio quality.

12 Mar 2023 at 12:20 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.world
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ed(1) conference

@gilhova @dan I'll see your zip-file argument (which I've also had re. audio & graphics) and raise you the professor that didn't want students storing files on Iomega Zip drives for the "same" (i.e. name-collision with "zip" and zip is bad) reason. :flan_facepalm:

talk of lossy-vs-non-lossy never sank in.

12 Mar 2023 at 12:39 | Open on bsd.network
Gil Hova

@ed1conf That's a good one!

I had a computer repair instructor who insisted that you shouldn't put a magnet too close to a CD-ROM, or you'd erase it. Like, mind, this person *taught computer repair.*

12 Mar 2023 at 13:10 | Open on mastodon.world
Rev. Johnny Healey

@gilhova @ed1conf I worked in a library that used Tattle-Tape (magnetic strips) for security. Books with CD-ROMs had a big warning sticker flagging them for exemption from the security system.

12 Mar 2023 at 14:39 | Open on infosec.exchange
Gil Hova

@rev_null @ed1conf It’s amazing how common that misconception is!

12 Mar 2023 at 14:50 | Open on mastodon.world
George Steel

@gilhova @ed1conf Perhaps he was used to magneto-optical discs (common in Europe but never caught on in North America) which looked simillar and were sensitive to magnets.

17 Mar 2023 at 23:23 | Open on kolektiva.social
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