XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2026-02-14 22:33:44 +0000, Lawrence D´Oliveiro said:   
   > On Sat, 14 Feb 2026 20:16:26 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
   >> On 2026-02-14 06:43:54 +0000, Lawrence D´Oliveiro said:   
   >>> On Sat, 14 Feb 2026 18:01:41 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
   >>>> On 2026-02-14 03:30:08 +0000, Lawrence D´Oliveiro said:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> This is why you have copies of the files on your own computer   
   >>>>> drives -- preferably more than one.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> *And* copies on DVD, Blu-ray, VHS, vinyl, audio cassette, 8-track,   
   >>>> Video8, MiniDV, Digital8, Hi8, paper printouts, carved stone tablets, ...   
   -)   
   >>>   
   >>> Bit dumb to put all that money into those inferior formats, when   
   >>> high-capacity magnetic and solid-state drives are so cheap ...   
   >>>   
   >>> Quantity is not quality ...   
   >>   
   >> Backup, backup, backup ... in as many different formats as possible   
   >> ...   
   >   
   > In as many different *high quality* formats as possible. You don’t want   
   > backups that are less trustworthy than the originals, do you?   
      
   It's all very well having a 1024K video on a drive, but if you haven't   
   got any way to plug it in or a device that can decode / play it, it's   
   pointless. Meanwhile, the carved stone tablet is going to be readable   
   by anyone for centuries (excluding damage or the language dying out).   
   :-)   
      
   It's a bit like the Voyager probes that rather stupidly carry a   
   phonograph record ... but will the lifeforms (whether alien or future   
   space-travelling humans) that eventually find it actually be able to   
   play the sounds or decode the images, even with the supposed   
   instructions etched into the back??   
      
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