Re: [ARSCLIST] long range file storage

[Damien Moody <dmoody@xxxxxxx>]

:-)

There are media that would certainly last longer than our most cutting edge technologies, and the medium should fit the purpose. I think I said once that data intended to last forever (or at least several thousand years) should be imprinted on stone pyramids, along with instructions for building decoders and playback machines. 

I would certainly love to see highly compact and efficient data storage that is relatively permanent. Perhaps someone will figure out a way to make holographic data cubes age-proof. 

>>> stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 08/12/05 6:01 PM >>>

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From: "Mike Richter" <mrichter@xxxxxxx>
> In that vein, redundant storage and verification with checksums will
> suffice. Three copies may not last the remaining years of the universe,
> but there's no law saying that a fourth (or fifth) cannot be provided.
> Neither is there a rule saying that the redundant copies need by on
> disc; here again optical or magneto-optical or other storage may be
> appropriate even if your primary (and fallible) medium is magnetic.
>
Perhaps what we need is a method of storing digital files on a shellac
disc?! They seem to last forever, barring disasters...

Steven C. Barr