USB flash drives for storage seems to be prevalent. I would suppose their longevity is the same as other magnetic media?
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To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 8:13 PM Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Storage Media [OT]
i rememher the story, but as i recalled it , it appeared to be a confusing violent movie, and at the end, it had a closeup of a girl's face with a tear in it, and over the titles said "walt disney" it's been a while. -rei On May03 18:19, Marc James Small wrote:At 05:23 PM 5/3/2008, Rei Shinozuka wrote: >i bet of all digital media, cards and paper tape will outlive magetic tape, >floppy disks, maybe even some optical disks. when visitors come ot our >planet in 1,000,000 years, they'll be reverse-engineering COBOL code to >figure out what earthlings were about... > >-rei The recently late Sir Arthur Clarke wrote a short story in the early 1960's in which the Venusians come to Earth some thousands of years in the future. Mankind is dead but they find artifacts. The only thing they can decipher is a strip of movie film and they are baffled by the sight of Donald Duck throwing a temper tantrum. Marc msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list-- Rei Shinozuka shino@xxxxxxxxx Ridgewood, New Jersey --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list
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