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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @06:02PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @06:02PM (#808228)

    Do the external disks spin continuously?

    Of course not (unless you count the fact that they follow Earth's rotation). How would a disconnected disk sitting on a shelf spin? Those aren't perpetual motion machines, after all.

    Do you wonder if there is some limited lifetime on these drives?

    You know the concept of backups? You know, it's not just data on internal disks that you can backup …

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday March 04 2019, @01:20PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 04 2019, @01:20PM (#809760) Journal

    Those aren't perpetual motion machines, after all.

    True, but "quantum".