XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <10mr5i9$3kjif$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Your Name   wrote:   
   >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??   
   >   
   >   
      
   SO are Voyagers 1 and 2 now?   
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