But we have now entered an era where it ends up in a digital format that is relatively eaasy to copy to other mediums, even if they are far away, via networks. As long as you copy your data from physical medium before they become obsolete, store data in multiple locations, and rely on many other people youve never met saving some of your content, if things keep going the way they are, quite a chunk of data from this era could survive a very long time.
Having said that, it does require industrial society to survive, which is an assumption I fear humanity may regret making one day. Steve Elbows --- In [email protected], "Gary Short" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Heath > Sent: 21 December 2006 14:18 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [videoblogging] A question for the group... > > > > To think that maybe 100 years, 1,000 years from now, someone could > watch me, see my life, my ups, my downs, my trips, my friends, my > dreams, hopes, etc... > > What makes you think that? Look around your house / work for digital media from > 10 years ago. Can you view the files on it now? Does your video camera/player > support the formats of years gone by? No? Mine neither. We'll be the generation > that leaves a whole pile of digital info behind when we are gone, but most of it > will be useless. Even if the machines exists to view the info, all the media > (CD/DVD etc) have built in obsolescence. It's very unlikely that today's data > will survive 100 years into the future. Having said that, it doesn't mean we > can't have fun creating it now. J > > Just my tuppence worth, > > Cheers, > Gary > http://www.garyshort.org/ > http://www.carnoustiegolflinks.co.uk/vlog/ > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
