Blu-Ray and Linux

[Omer Zak]

On Thu, 2013-06-27 at 10:14 +0300, Nadav Har'El wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013, Omer Zak wrote about "Re: Blu-Ray and Linux":
> > external disk drive of equivalent storage capability.  The only
> > advantage of Blu-Ray would be immunity against EMP.  Even then, I have
> 
> Have you considered a second backup disk, in a faraday cage? :-)

I have two 2T backup disks and routinely back up my PC's hard disk using
a script which is based upon 'rsync -avH --link-dest'.  To back up about
550GB data (most of it is unchanged) takes, in my case, about 1:30
hours.  YMMV.

Does anyone know where to buy (or how to make) a Faraday cage suitable
for protecting a hard disk against EMP from an A-bomb exploding at
distance of say 10Km?
(The use case being my home city getting attacked while I am elsewhere.
For the moment, let's ignore any other disruptions which would prevent
me from actually using the data in the preserved hard disk.)

> > So the only reason to buy a Blu-Ray drive would be to view Blu-Ray
> > movies and TV series (such as Dr. Who).
> 
> Or look those up in bittorrent ;-)

Are there any legal means, available to <oxymoron_alert>frayer
Israelis</oxymoron_alert>, who wish to buy such content and download it
via Internet, without bothering with physical media?

                                               --- Omer


-- 
As long as there are families which throw their teenager sons and
daughters out of home if they turn out to be gays or lesbians, Gay Pride
Parade events are needed.
As long as the most common cause of suicide by teenagers is their
finding out that they are gays or lesbians, Gay Pride Parade events are needed.
My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/

My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone.
They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which
I may be affiliated in any way.
WARNING TO SPAMMERS:  at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html