[Info-vax] OT: Has Ask Slashdot reached a hilarious new low-point?

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

MG wrote 2012-08-13 12:28:
> On 13-8-2012 11:44, sampsa wrote:
>> This guy wants to use a TAPE DRIVE as a NAS box, basically to stream
>> movies and stuff.
>>
>> The mind boggles.
>
> It's a bit decadent, perhaps (LTO-5 and the upcoming LTO-6 drives
> plus media cost a fortune, so they aren't really 'at-home'-priced),
> but --- purely out of curiosity --- how is it mind boggling?  Do
> you mean whether it will work?  From what I read, with LTFS support
> for LTO-5 (and the upcoming LTO-6), I'd say this would be in the
> realm of possibilities.
>
>   - MG

OK, right, I know it is OT marked, but are there not other
groups/forums where this can be discussed?