I have a collection of LPsthat is, vinyl recordssitting at my fathers house in New York. Also sitting there is my turntable for playing said LPs. Neither made it with me to Cincinnati; I know I wont actually listen to the recordsIm more likely to buy the CD if theres anything I want to hear.

Thats a fine method for dealing with data (in this case, music) thats easily replaceable when the old format is no longer good. I can buy the CD or, in the worst case, hook up the turntable to the receiver to the computer and burn a CD.

The latter option is acceptable because I only have a few dozen LPs at most, and could convert them in a weekend if I felt the need. But theres no rush: Not only do I have a good turntable, but I know that I can still buy one if I needed to.

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