An article in today's NY Times pointed me to this video
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4836762n%3fsource=search_video
and if you want to save the transcript, it's here.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/01/sunday/main4836569.shtml
It emphasizes our revently discussed belief that what we've got now
will be gone in ten years without due diligence.
Also a good source of companies that will allow you to once again view
that drum scan 1" video tape you have in that box, or listen to your
grandpa's wire recording of the family get together in 1947.
Asked of Sam Verga, VP, General Manager at VidiPax, a premier provider
of multi-platform restoration services in New York.
"Is there any permanent, forever storage media today?"
"Only the brain, the human brain," Verga said. "And that lasts for
about 75 years."
From personal experience, I can tell you that it's not that accurate,
nor reliable.
Joseph McAllister
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“If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug a camera.”
–Lewis Hine
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