If this does not
affect you today it will some day.
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Data Rot:
Data degraded or no longer readable because of media wear or hardware no
longer viable.
Data that is lost due to the age or neglect of
the medium on which it is stored.
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Examples of this are paper storage such as paper tape or punched cards
which may get mold, mildew, ripped or poorly stored so they can not be
read again. They may also become so old that there is no longer any
equipment in working order to read them.
Those reel to reel tapes are 10 maybe even 30 years old. Do you
still have the
equipment to play them? You need to do it yourself or pay someone and have the data
put on a disk instead
of letting it go to data rot.
This is important stuff!
Your data must be migrated about every 10 years in order to keep
usable! All recording media goes out of date either by deterioration or the
equipment required to play or view it is no longer in production.
Data Rot applies to all digital data but I want to make you aware
only about the issue as it applies to your photographs of your sculpture.
This is a big deal because your history or important work will become
useless if you do not bring it forward to be usable by the current
technology. All of mankind's history and culture is in danger of being
lost if it is not kept current. Granted not all of man's achievements need
saving but much does.
Why is this important to you? Maybe because you're
old photographs of your children who are now grown with their own
children are fading away.
Think about all the digital data in the world today
and there is more and more every day.
If all your photos are on a hard disk or CD rather than paper, what are the chances of long-term survival?
If all your photos are on paper or film, what are the chances of long-term survival?
If all your photos are not in archival storage, what are the chances of long-term survival?
As more of the world's data is produced by digital means data rot is a real
problem. There is a phrase "digital dark age" that describes a future in which
what we produce today will not be usable because we will not be able to read the
information, music, photographs and movies made today.
Rot - languish: to endure the effects of complete neglect
Preserving Your Digital Memories
This is important for today and tomorrow.
Tell your friends and colleagues about Data Rot.
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The creative habit is like a drug.
The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your
creation lasts.
Henry Moore
