How Long Do You Want Digital Media To Last? 398
spamfiltertest writes "CNET asks 'Would you like your digital-storage media to last 20 years, 25 years, 30 years, 35 years or 40 years?' If you're an organization or government agency, the U.S. government and an optical-disc industry group would like you to answer that question in a quick survey. I would think that we would like our data to last forever, but maybe it's just me."
Forever (Score:2, Funny)
Last forever (Score:3, Funny)
While they're at it, can they make my car run forever? I also want to stay young forever, if that's not too much trouble.
Secrets? (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe Not Forever (Score:3, Funny)
I want media tied to my vital functions (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not always forever (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I want media tied to my vital functions (Score:0, Funny)
(It's a joke, not a troll. I promise!)
How long? (Score:3, Funny)
Data Archive Services want something different... (Score:5, Funny)
Pretty much the only way to make your media last forever is to have it stored in a solid state (like being etched into the surface of a DVD) and then sealed and stored in a moistureless, airless, lightless temperature controlled environment. But with all the talk about self-destructing DVDs and CDs that the recording industries are trying to push, I don't think even that's possible.
CONVERT ALL YOUR DATA INTO BINARY AND THEN LASER ETCH IT INTO GLASS! THEN SANDWICH IT BETWEEN TWO OTHER LAYERS OF GLASS AND HIDE IT ON A MOUNTAINTOP! YOU MUST SAVE YOUR PR0N COLLECTION FOR ALIENS TO DISCOVER AFTER WE'VE BLOWN OURSELVES TO ATOMS!!
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53.3 Years (Score:3, Funny)
How long? (Score:2, Funny)
42
Re:Maybe Not Forever (Score:4, Funny)
DVDA? (Score:2, Funny)
I say porn industry because its DVDA.org... Double vag... come on, you all watch southpark.
Re:Last forever (Score:2, Funny)
You can choose from good, fast, or cheap. God was under both time and budget pressures, because there were 7 days allocated for the project, and he had already used up 5 of them. If he was to get a day off, 'fast' had to be one of the compromises.
So, he had to choose from good and cheap for the other compromise. I don't know if you have ever looked through a telescope, but those ornaments were really expensive. The budget was blown back on day one, and everything else had to be scaled down a bit. So, cheap was the other compromise.
And that is why I think that human life is fast and cheap, but not typically as good as we'd like.
Re:Secrets? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'll take the survey in a bit, but... (Score:5, Funny)
I did, but this Joseph Smith guy dug them up and completely mistranslated them.
Re:I want media tied to my vital functions (Score:3, Funny)
I think you mean your vital signs, unless you want to have to redownload all that pr0n everytime you take a crap.
Re:I'll take the survey in a bit, but... (Score:4, Funny)
When I'm extracted from the CryoPod in 3056.