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Paper doesn't require specialized hardware or software to read. Sure, the discs are cheap and durable. But will the authorities keep a store of BD-readers? Main
by the_snooze 3y ago
Paper doesn't require specialized hardware or software to read. Sure, the discs are cheap and durable. But will the authorities keep a store of BD-readers? Maintain legacy computers compatible with those readers? Software to read archived files from those discs, with no online dependencies (e.g., license activation)?
This is something people are already thinking about, and it's a hard problem. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/02/13/386000092/internet-pioneer-warns-our-era-could-become-the-digital-dark-ages https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/02/13/386000092...
- 1970-01-01 3y ago>Paper doesn't require specialized hardware or software to read. But it does. To preserve the paper, you need a warehouse with HVAC, power, and constant maintenance. You could bury them in the dirt for 1000 years, but then you lose accessibility.
- foxhill 3y agoonly if you want to store them in the open air. vacuum sealing them would obviate the need for an expensive hvac bill. and deep ground is not ridiculous. we’re expecting the storage to be in the “mostly write only” regime, after all.