TAPE, MAGNETIC
A form of storage, tape was especially developed to make it easy to
record and re-record valuable images, sounds or data, onto it. The
tape can then be played back at will, before suddenly getting
caught in the heads of your tape deck one day and consequently
losing all the valuable images, sounds and/or data. That's if a
friendly neighbourhood magnet doesn't get at it first. The key to
keeping your recordings safe is to invest in quality tapes, store
them sensibly (ie in the most inconvenient way), and buy lots of
head cleaners, demagnetisers, and whatever else the record shops
can talk you into buying.
-- Daniel Bowen's TOXIC CUSTARPEDIA
There are in this country two very large monopolies. The larger of the two
has the following record: The Vietnam War, Watergate, double-digit inflation,
fuel and energy shortages, bankrupt airlines, and the 8-cent postcard....
