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This is the only storage media I trust to outlive me. Everything else, including paper, will degrade.

• thenthenthen 28d ago
  It is said that cellulose film can achieve a 1000-year life expectancy if stored in specialized cold and dry storage environments. Oh and its a fire/explosion hazard
  • ButlerianJihad 28d ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_MGM_vault_fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_MGM_vault_fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_National_Archives_vault_fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_National_Archives_vault_f... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Universal_Studios_fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Universal_Studios_fire Also related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace#Music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace#Music On March 18, 2019, it was revealed that Myspace had lost all of its user content from launch until 2015 in a botched server migration with no backup. Over 50 million songs and 12 years' worth of content were permanently lost.[102] In April 2019, the Internet Archive recovered 490,000 MP3s "using unknown means by an anonymous academic study conducted between 2008 and 2010". The songs, which were uploaded between 2008 and 2010, are collectively known as the "MySpace Dragon Hoard".[103]
    • HDBaseT 27d ago
      If M-DISCs were caught in a fire, I don't think they are readable either.
      • thenthenthen 26d ago
        Film is often stores in actual bunkers because its so dangerous