Years ago, when computers had miniscule memory and storage capacities, the process of deleting things was fundamental to their basic operation for the simple reason that disks would fill up rendering the computer inoperable.
These days however, the only time I ever seem to use a Delete function is to remove spam from my inbox or blog's comments.
I have a server in another room in our home with about 100GB of disk capacity and in the last three years I cannot remember deleting a single thing because I was running out of space. That's all my MP3's, thousands of digital photographs, countless images and blog designs, years of word processor documents and spreadsheets.
I wonder if the next version of windows will rename "Recycle Bin" to "Spam Bin" or if indeed, someone will invent a way to recycle Spam itself. Like a waste disposal processing facility that takes a pile of waste and turns it into something useful.
I suppose in the future we may well see substandard quality printed advertisements with the words "Made from recycled SPAM" printed on the side.
These days however, the only time I ever seem to use a Delete function is to remove spam from my inbox or blog's comments.
I have a server in another room in our home with about 100GB of disk capacity and in the last three years I cannot remember deleting a single thing because I was running out of space. That's all my MP3's, thousands of digital photographs, countless images and blog designs, years of word processor documents and spreadsheets.
I wonder if the next version of windows will rename "Recycle Bin" to "Spam Bin" or if indeed, someone will invent a way to recycle Spam itself. Like a waste disposal processing facility that takes a pile of waste and turns it into something useful.
I suppose in the future we may well see substandard quality printed advertisements with the words "Made from recycled SPAM" printed on the side.