[Meatloaf] C Components Storage Twenty percent of hard drives used for long-term music storage in the 90s have failed

[frank@cozmic.com]

I made one for a 5th grade science project, or tried to.  One of the early
failures that pushed me toward the humanaties.

On Sun, Sep 15, 2024, 5:23 AM Dave Daniel <kc0wjn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
>
> All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
> You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
> For great justice.
>
> But, Jim, do you own an Edison cylinder recorder?
>
> Nick
> KC0WJN
>
> Thanks for all the fish.
> ==============================
> All spelling mistakes are the responsibilty of the reader (Rick Renz, STK,
> ca. 1994)
> ==============================
>
> > On Sep 15, 2024, at 00:51, Jeff Hayas <jeff.hayas at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
> >
> > All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
> > You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
> > For great justice.
> >
> > Jim -
> > You are a True Librarian-Archivist to preserve all the tech to read
> > obsolete magnetic-storage formats. (One presumes you do not have a
> > paper-tape reader.)
> > -- Jeff.H
> >
> >> On Sat, 14 Sept 2024 at 22:06, Jim Hatfield <iamworthit at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
> >>
> >> All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
> >> You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
> >> For great justice.
> >>
> >> Mr. Goodwill...
> >> I have adapters for most anything,  if you want to copy it.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Sep 13, 2024, 7:51 PM frank at cozmic.com <
> frank.szeflinski at gmail.com
> >>>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
> >>>
> >>> All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
> >>> You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
> >>> For great justice.
> >>>
> >>> That's why I'm writing on papyrus rolls and storing them in caves.
> >>>
> >>>> On Fri, Sep 13, 2024, 4:42 PM Dave Daniel <kc0wjn at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
> >>>>
> >>>> All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
> >>>> You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
> >>>> For great justice.
> >>>>
> >>>> Well, there's always "the cloud" ..... LMAO.
> >>>>
> >>>> DaveD
> >>>> KC0WJN
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for all the fish.
> >>>> ==============================
> >>>> All spelling mistakes are the responsibilty of the reader (Rick Renz,
> >>> STK,
> >>>> ca. 1994)
> >>>>
> >>>> ==============================
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Sep 13, 2024, at 18:37, Robert Raicer <rjr80544 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
> >>>>> You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
> >>>>> For great justice.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ALL storage devices fail eventually, regardless of usage.  And that
> >>>>> "eventually" is getting quicker rather than longer.  Among other
> >>> reasons,
> >>>>> this is why organizations like NCAR have dedicated systems which do
> >>>> nothing
> >>>>> but continuously replicate data onto all kinds of storage systems,
> >>>>> generally geographically dispersed.  And the replication processes
> >>> often
> >>>>> entail conversion to different formats/representations.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Welcome to our fragile digital world!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On Fri, Sep 13, 2024, 3:49 PM Dave Serls <dave at dashs.denver.co.us>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
> >>>>>> You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
> >>>>>> For great justice.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 15:16:27 -0600
> >>>>>> pt <mnemotronic at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
> >>>>>>> You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
> >>>>>>> For great justice.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/twenty-percent-of-hard-drives-used-for-long-term-music-storage-in-the-90s-have-failed
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Please wash your hands after handling this mail. Thanks!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> It's a two-edged sword:  the playback technology for any media will
> >>>>>> obsolesce at some fraction of the storage longevity.  It's all
> >>>>>> "Linear A" in the end.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>>
> >>>
> ************************************************************************
> >>>>>> *   Dave Serls                                 Littleton, CO, USA
> >>>  *
> >>>>>> *   dashs.denver.co.us                         http://www.dashs.com
> >>>> *
> >>>>>>
> >>>
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