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figmentPez
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It's right there - "other".
There was a pretty big Charlton Heston movie about it so I don't think so
figmentPez
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Where is the set of brass balls for Teddy?
figmentPez
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SO for anyone who doesn't work in tech...
There IS NO SUCH THING as "permanent digital records." The expected useful lifespan of any flash storage/SSD/HDD is 5-10 years. Optical media (CD/DVD/MO), when stored properly, can last 25-50 years, with the M-DISC variant lasting even longer than that (500yrs or more) BUT optical media is limited in storage capacity, with each disk only holding as much as a standard Blu-ray (25-100GB). Turns out that the most economical and commonly used long-term storage these days is...drum roll please...magnetic tape! Yes, LTO storage, based on that "70yr-old technology" and introduced 25 years ago, is the most common and most economical storage method, holding between 18-40TB per 4in(10cm) cartridge, and can last 25-50 years when stored properly. Oh, and you can buy the cartridges for about US$100ea.
Do you know what kind of records last a long time? I mean, a really long time? Paper. Properly stored, paper records can easily last hundreds of years.
Also, I don't know how much more durable their "permanent modern digital records" are, but I'm willing to bet the "benefit" was less about making them more durable and more about making them more searchable and/or transmissible.
--Patrick
