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R. C. White
Flightless Bird
Hi, Lee.
And where will I buy a player for that disk? In 40,000 years?
A few years ago, I had some trouble just finding a turntable to play vinyl
LPs and transfer them to my magnetic disk and optical disks. I understand
that vinyl has regained some popularity recently, but those gold disks may
be functionally unreadable in 40 years, much less 40,000. :>( Of course, I
might be dead by then, I suppose.
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2010 (15.3.2804.0607) in Win7 Ultimate x64
"Lee Rowell" wrote in message
news:7NadnYmGX6lckP7RnZ2dnUVZ7oSdnZ2d@bt.com...
You should back up to a 12-inch gold-plated copper disk designed to be
played by a cartridge and needle at 16 2/3 rpm. Should be good for about
40,000 years.
> "Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
> news:1ddb73dia96e1$.18c28evc68ht8$.dlg@40tude.net...
> Well, don't feel too bad - even film photos fade with time.
> Silver corrodes and dyes lose color...paper oxidizes...acetate film
> liquefies...
> Geez - I've been raining on parades today
> Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)
And where will I buy a player for that disk? In 40,000 years?
A few years ago, I had some trouble just finding a turntable to play vinyl
LPs and transfer them to my magnetic disk and optical disks. I understand
that vinyl has regained some popularity recently, but those gold disks may
be functionally unreadable in 40 years, much less 40,000. :>( Of course, I
might be dead by then, I suppose.
RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2010 (15.3.2804.0607) in Win7 Ultimate x64
"Lee Rowell" wrote in message
news:7NadnYmGX6lckP7RnZ2dnUVZ7oSdnZ2d@bt.com...
You should back up to a 12-inch gold-plated copper disk designed to be
played by a cartridge and needle at 16 2/3 rpm. Should be good for about
40,000 years.
> "Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
> news:1ddb73dia96e1$.18c28evc68ht8$.dlg@40tude.net...
> Well, don't feel too bad - even film photos fade with time.
> Silver corrodes and dyes lose color...paper oxidizes...acetate film
> liquefies...
> Geez - I've been raining on parades today
> Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)