The requirements for the storage system far surpasses what you can buy at best buy . The memory storage of a black box needs to survive I don ' t have my notes on me , so sorry for the lack of specifics deep sea pressure , high g forces , and much more . Due to this , mechanical discs are not feasible as they can ' t withstand the forces necessary . And to have enough storage for 2 hours of video , you won ' t be able to store it the same way they currently store data in the black boxes . <| sep |> Ambition wants to play one more split before hanging up the gloves . <| sep |> How about pensions , and the privatization of retirement ? That sure seems dismantled to me . Those haven ' t really been dismantled though . It ' s not like the government passed a law outlawing pensions . You simply had thousands of individual companies do away with them over time as a cost cutting measure . People value the pensions less than the cash they could receive in replacement . If a person values a pension that costs $ 10 K per year at $ 5 K per year , it makes sense to simply pay them the $ 5 K . There ' s nothing inherently wrong in that .