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Few years ago I bought a new DVD drive and it came with a CD that claim to last for a 1000 years. [1] I really wish I could test it, but I lost the disc alread
by foxfired 10y ago
Few years ago I bought a new DVD drive and it came with a CD that claim to last for a 1000 years. [1]
I really wish I could test it, but I lost the disc already.
[1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-DISC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-DISC
- Stratoscope 10y agoIf there were a CD that guaranteed I would be able to use it in 1000 years, I would buy it in a minute!
- bitJericho 10y agoThis is the company that makes em. http://www.mdisc.com/ http://www.mdisc.com/
- sokoloff 10y agoI think Stratoscope's point was the guarantee that Stratoscope could still use it in 1000 years (IOW, that they'd still be alive then).
- Stratoscope 10y agoBingo! I would pay just about anything for that CD...
- AjithAntony 10y agoTell us how it goes! Looks like they sell special DVD or Bluray burners for M-Discs
- Stratoscope 10y agoSet a reminder for 1000 years from now, and I will tell you how reliable they really are.
- bitJericho 10y agoThey've been around for 5 years and good quality brands support them. Maybe they won't last, but it's a better gamble than a pack of cd-r discs from walmart!
- sokoloff 10y agoLet me be a little more explicit. Stratoscope was willing to purchase the disc on the promise that Stratoscope would personally be able to read the disc 1000 years from now. IOW, not just that the data would be there and readable, but that Stratoscope (the person) would also have lived another 1000 years.
- bitJericho 10y agoAhaha that blew right over my head!
- pmlnr 10y agohttp://www.zdnet.com/article/torture-testing-the-1000-year-dvd/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/torture-testing-the-1000-year-d...
- kqr2 10y agoThey claim to be immune to data rot: http://www.mdisc.com/mdisc-technology/ http://www.mdisc.com/mdisc-technology/