On 01/05/2018 02:37 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> I don't know how long YOU expect to live, but I don't think that I will
> last as long as a lot of my data (which FEW if ANY will want) (But,
> I've asked my lawyer to place in my will, provisions for my collection
> of "alien" disks to go t
On Fri, 5 Jan 2018, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
Here's a government-(Canada) sponsored paper on the subject:
https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/longevity-recordable-cds-dvds.html
In any case, my
"Is there a form of machine readable data older than 150 years?"
Jacquard cards;
Morse recorder;
certain musical instrument programmes.
Also with modern scanners virtually any printed material and some handwritten.
Andy
On Fri, 5 Jan 2018, Mazzini Alessandro via cctalk wrote:
The M kind of dvd supports guarantee over 1000 years of retention, and
resistance to acid/alien invasion/etc
let's start with:
"How old is the oldest surviving M-disc?"
"Is there a form of machine readable data older than 150 years?"
"Hav
On 01/05/2018 01:01 PM, Mazzini Alessandro via cctalk wrote:
> The M kind of dvd supports guarantee over 1000 years of retention, and
> resistance to acid/alien invasion/etc
Here's a government-(Canada) sponsored paper on the subject:
https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conse
The M kind of dvd supports guarantee over 1000 years of retention, and
resistance to acid/alien invasion/etc
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Inviato: venerdì 5 gennaio 2018 21:45
A: Warner Losh; General Discussion:
On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 1:13 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Jan 2018, Mazzini Alessandro wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure I would use SSD for long term "secure" storage, unless maybe
>> using enterprise level ones.
>> Consumer level SSD are, by specifics, guaranteed to retain data for 6
>>
In cases where the source remains available, in case of problems, nothing
can beat it for sneaker-net. It does not contribute noticeably to the
transfer speeds.
On Fri, 5 Jan 2018, Sam O'nella via cctalk wrote:
You're one of the first people I've heard quote that. Do you know where
that is s
On Fri, 5 Jan 2018, Mazzini Alessandro wrote:
I'm not sure I would use SSD for long term "secure" storage, unless maybe
using enterprise level ones.
Consumer level SSD are, by specifics, guaranteed to retain data for 6 months
if unpowered... any more time means being lucky. Would suck to save, s
You're one of the first people I've heard quote that. Do you know where that is
said? Years ago several friends and myself all picked up 64mb usb thumb drives
so we could have multiple backups of a game and few other projects we were
coding. Maybe it was an extended period of time (we ended up
I'm not sure I would use SSD for long term "secure" storage, unless maybe
using enterprise level ones.
Consumer level SSD are, by specifics, guaranteed to retain data for 6 months
if unpowered... any more time means being lucky. Would suck to save, store,
and after some years find the data mangled
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