Our entire infrastructure as a society has moved to digital storage,
and
yet we don't have backups that would last for more than a few decades.
I seem to recall a few years ago seeing a documentary that showed how
the Library of Congress records all their audio recordings onto vinyl.
IIRC, they were shown copying a Nine Inch Nails album onto 78RPM
vinyl. The volume of discs that implies is staggering...
Of course, they probably don't do that anymore -- probably because
Congress ordered them to be more efficient or something and cut
funding...
Darrell
