I think this was loosely the basis for an episode of House. Do you want analog or digital? Do you want lossy compression and reduced overheads or lossless com

I think this was loosely the basis for an episode of House. Do you want analog or digital? Do you want lossy compression and reduced overheads or lossless compression and a perfect albeit perhaps slower memory? Or as Alan Watts might put it: Prickles or Goo?