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This sounds exactly like a scenario that openfly gave a Defcon talk on a few years ago -- about old NASA data storage technology that is on the verge of becomin
by busterarm 5y ago
This sounds exactly like a scenario that openfly gave a Defcon talk on a few years ago -- about old NASA data storage technology that is on the verge of becoming unreadable and how we have to think about the formats that we currently use and preservation into the future.
- enriquto 5y agoDo you have a reference for that talk? (or about the "lost" nasa data). I have a kink for bizarre file formats and this got me excited...
- busterarm 5y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctwUkz_0gbg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctwUkz_0gbg
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 5y agoFor the last few decades, the best practice for data archiving has been to include a machine capable of reading the data inside the box with the data itself. E.g. Inside your big crate of tapes, you include a tape reader, with printed instructions and schematics for how to read the data.