SanDisk WORM SD Card Can Store Data For 100 Years 267
CWmike writes "SanDisk has announced a 1GB Secure Digital card that can store data for 100 years, but can be written on only once. The WORM (write once, read many) card is 'tamper-proof' and data cannot be altered or deleted, SanDisk said in a statement. The card is designed for long-time preservation of crucial data like legal documents, medical files and forensic evidence, SanDisk said. SanDisk determined the media's 100-year data-retention lifespan based on internal tests conducted at normal room temperatures. The company said it is shipping the media in volume to the Japanese police force to archive images as an alternative to film. The company is working with a number of consumer electronics companies, including camera vendors, to support the media."
Not new (Score:1, Funny)
"write once, read many." you mean like a cdr? Big whoop. I'm holding out for the "write once, read once" variety like on "mission impossible" where devices melt down after playing the message...
Re:100 years sounds good... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:That's what they said about CD-Rs (Score:4, Funny)
bullshit marketing
Seriously? I think it's brilliant marketing. Who wouldn't want to throw a WORM into their card reader?
I'll have 2, thank you.
Re:Wow... (Score:5, Funny)
Wow, I submitted that like a week ago.
Your submission was undergoing testing for the last week at room temperature and the editors are now confident enough that it will be acceptable.
Re:That's what they said about CD-Rs (Score:5, Funny)
Post this again in 100 years...
Yeah, I'll be here yelling DUPE!
Re:That's what they said about CD-Rs (Score:5, Funny)
.. then they started to rot at 3-5 years, in my experience..
Post this again in 100 years, until then, it's just more bullshit marketing.
yes but this one comes with a money back gauretee if you can't read your data in 100 years.
Of course there won't be any software that can read the format. Even if it were unformatted data, We've gone from ebcdic to ascii to unicode is a very short time.
in 100 years logic will all be spintronic coupled quantum states locates in googles tritium powered headquarters on mars. You'll communicate with it by quantum entanglement of the implants added to your brain when you were an infant. The division between thought and recall will not be perceptible and you won't even be aware that information storage actually exists. the idea of possessing a physcial storage device will confuse people, so no one will actually know what it is.
WOM - Write Only Memory (Score:1, Funny)
At a glance I thought I was reading about Write Only Memory [vmi.edu]
Re:That's what they said about CD-Rs (Score:5, Funny)
remind me never to watch Star Trek with you. Or play Mass Effect. Or anything.
Thanks, Mr. Buzzkillinton.
Re:Most likely scenarios (Score:3, Funny)
Even if there's some piece of hardware in a museum, it won't be able to interface with existing technology.
SD card reader plugged into a USB adapter plugged into an Ethernet adapter plugged into an optical encoder plugged into whatever they need in the future. [halolz.com]
Re:100 years sounds good... (Score:3, Funny)
I'm sure some of them say: Dupe!
Re:That's what they said about CD-Rs (Score:2, Funny)
Re:100 years sounds good... (Score:1, Funny)
If baked, they are virtually indestructible (there are plenty 5 or 6 thousand years old) and museums now have millions of them slowly being collated and translated.
Tell that to Moses and his fifteen commandments.