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Thanks For the ... Eight-Track, Uncle Alex

Posted by kdawson on from the redundancy-and-repetition dept.

Uncle Alex writes "My niece just turned one year old and her parents have asked that, instead of the usual gifts, we each contribute something to a time capsule to be opened on her 17th birthday. Multiple members of my family want to contribute digital data — text, video, music files. They came to me (the closest thing to a geek our family has) wondering: what's the best way to save the data to ensure she'll actually be able to see it in 16 years? Software might be out of date, hardware may no longer be used... any suggestions?"

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  1. Think back 17 years by Taco+Cowboy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Think back to 1992, what did we use?

    And what are we still using today?

    CD !!

    I still have music CDs that I purchased in the 1970's that are still usable :)

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