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more about #computerhistorymuseum 92BuickLeSabre: What blows my mind is how different it is from the vacuum tube. Maybe I wouldn't really see it as all that different if I understood it better, but t... more » elitesoulman: The Traitorous Eight sounds like either a kung-fu brotherhood or a club started by some 8-year-olds. Anyway, thanks guys. more » Purple Dave: If your DVDs are going bad in a little over five years, then perhaps you should stop filing them in the sandbox. more » Jesse in Japan: For the really important data, you've got to get it tattooed all over your body. more » fuchikoma: I've known about this for a while, and I have ten year old CDs that have gone south (and a surprising number that are still ok...) but sadly the techn... more » Jonny Morris: This is a huge problem for government too. Back in the day, to comply with various regulations for achiving govt. publications, it was easy enough to ... more » Sora57: I archived my home movies shot on 8mm/16mm/and videotape to DVD and keep the original source material in a cool, dry dark place. In a few years, I'll ... more » nutbastard: nah you gotta carve it all into stone. 100101101010010101010100000101...^999999999999999999999999999 more » Kaiser-Machead: Well, I also consider that any truly important documents will either be part of public record that I can retrieve, or eventually lose relevance as the... more » nachobel: bring back the scribes! more » Brazell: The vast majority of stuff saved on your computer is complete trash that should fade away and degrade with the medium that's holding it. Anything true... more » Monty: The alternative is that our information will live on forever, and at the rate we are accumulating this data, that would probably be as bad as the conc... more » Hello Mister Walrus: My pron! Oh noes!! more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: I always wonder if there is a Rosetta Room somewhere. Meaning a room filled with a variety of different media readers/displays and a way to power the... more » -
#retromodo
The First Integrated Circuit Chip: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary
The Computer History Museum is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the integrated circuit, pictured above, with a multimedia exhibit called "The Silicon Engine" to explain why many claim the IC as one of mankind's greatest and most important inventions ever. More » -
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Computing Classic: Video on How the Airforce Protected Us from Attacks in the 1960s
This video explains more about the SAGE system I wrote about last week, the huge Airforce used in the 50s to the 80s to make us feel safe from supersonic Soviet bombers. More » -
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There's No Great Solution for Data Rot
Anyone who reads Giz probably knows that even though your data is "saved," it's still susceptible to the decay of whatever medium is storing it. According to one expert, the problem is nearly unsolvable. More »
