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Why Microsoft and Warner Archived the Original Superman Movie on a Glass Disc
- ptah 7y ago> "Glass has a very, very long lifetime" Did he say that with a straight face EDIT: > “If you take a hammer to it, you can smash glass.” Most people wouldn't need a hammer
- tenebrisalietum 7y agoThey're obviously talking about storage lifetime, i.e. sitting in the same place for many centuries. But it's a good point as you wouldn't want to store something like this for 1000 years in a place where there are earthquakes unless you adequately protect it.
- dole 7y agoask Zod
- LargoLasskhyfv 7y agoYawn. 75GB only? Commercially available since about 2010 with 100GB [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-DISC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-DISC [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BD-XL#BDXL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BD-XL#BDXL [3] https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-98912-M-Disc-100GB-Surface/dp/B011PGT2FQ/ https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-98912-M-Disc-100GB-Surface/d...
- tenebrisalietum 7y agoI would bet the glass will outlive the M-DISC.