XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 15/02/2026 11:55 am, 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??   
   >   
   I would love to respond "Yes, of course!" but, just as "we" had more or   
   less given up on Records by the time 'we' put Voyager into space, I'm   
   guessing 'ET' will have given up on Records (if they had ever had them!)   
   by the time Voyager gets somewhere near "them".   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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