Time to back up the porn collection, folks. According to IBM engineer Kurt Gerecke says that data burned to homemade CD-ROMs lasts two years on average, and that’s only if you keep it in a climate-controlled vault under Mount Ranier. Maybe IBM is just trying to sell backup services or CD-ROM polishing cloths—God knows they’re not selling computers—but it should give you pause before you record an entire season of Deadwood in low-rez animated GIF format onto a few generic CD-Rs.
Burning for the long haul [TheAge via TheInquirer]
