Remind me of the NASA tapes that included the original moon walk. The tapes were in an obsolete digital recording of telemetry. NASA had to locate a recorder in Australia to refurbish to process the original data. And they suffered huge data losses when due to budget issues, re-used old tapes instead of archiving them.
Printed books on paper might be the only thing that lasts for a very long time.
Interesting article. Jason has taken on a huge job. As a former national library director responsible inter alia for the legal deposit of South Africa's published documentary heritage, I'm only too aware of the challenge. About two decades ago we were planning a new headquarters building and briefing IT experts and others about our long-term preservation needs. Our national library holds materials going back at least ten centuries, so I told these experts that our preservation horizon should be ten centuries too. They just rolled their eyes. Turned out their notion of long-term preservation was around three to ten years.
Remind me of the NASA tapes that included the original moon walk. The tapes were in an obsolete digital recording of telemetry. NASA had to locate a recorder in Australia to refurbish to process the original data. And they suffered huge data losses when due to budget issues, re-used old tapes instead of archiving them.
Printed books on paper might be the only thing that lasts for a very long time.
This is so beautifully poignant.
Interesting article. Jason has taken on a huge job. As a former national library director responsible inter alia for the legal deposit of South Africa's published documentary heritage, I'm only too aware of the challenge. About two decades ago we were planning a new headquarters building and briefing IT experts and others about our long-term preservation needs. Our national library holds materials going back at least ten centuries, so I told these experts that our preservation horizon should be ten centuries too. They just rolled their eyes. Turned out their notion of long-term preservation was around three to ten years.
When the eight-track came out I assumed audio recording had now reached its zenith.
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Jan 13. – Ep. 22 -- EXCLUSIVE: Extreme Escalation of Brazil’s Censorship Regime
https://rumble.com/v25depn-exclusive-extreme-escalation-of-brazils-censorship-regime-system-update-22.html -- Brazil Threatens Twitter, FB, Rumble
Q & A -- https://greenwald.locals.com/upost/3355709/after-show-q-a-january-13-2023
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Jan. 12 – Ep. 21 -- Biden's Own Classified Docs Scandal & The US Govt's Game-Playing With Secrecy, w/ Aaron Maté -- https://rumble.com/v254swv-bidens-own-classified-docs-scandal-and-the-us-govts-game-playing-with-secre.html -- Karmic Justice: Biden’s Mar-a-Lago
Q & A -- https://greenwald.locals.com/upost/3350308/after-show-q-a-january-12-2023
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Jan. 11 – Ep. 20 -- Dems Rush to Protect FBI/CIA + Buttigieg’s Latest Airline Fiasco w/ David Sirota -- https://rumble.com/v24xze6-dems-rush-to-protect-fbicia-buttigiegs-latest-airline-fiasco-w-david-sirota.html -- Dems Leap to Shield FBI & CIA
Q & A -- https://greenwald.locals.com/upost/3344788/after-show-q-a-january-11-2023