Yuck. She claims that what we're doing to preserve old data isn't working[1], so the solution is to emulate what vintage video game fans do - keep circulating t

Yuck. She claims that what we're doing to preserve old data isn't working[1], so the solution is to emulate what vintage video game fans do - keep circulating the same old games and pouring a great deal of time into preserving them and (rarely) making marginal improvements. Not a very radical idea, given that that's already what people do, well outside video game groups. (The torrent/"piracy" society is the most obvious example.) The other idea she has is that experts in the field should make decisions about what to keep and what to ditch. Aside from her example (curators to decide what data is good and what data is bad? Have you never taken a science class?), this is a good idea - and an obvious one. [1] A dubious claim that she doesn't bother to back up with any specific and correct examples. (<flame necessary="no">This is what happens when english professors write about technology.</flame> )