I personally do not believe that there is any single physical solution that will guarantee that your data will last. Even if the was some perfect medium, external forces would have the potential to destroy it. You can reduce the odds of this loss by mitigating risk by using multiple and possibly different formats.
The real answer though would be an active service. A multi-sited, data storage service that actively protects your data is the only real way of making sure your data lasts. There are many professional services out there that will host your data, but finding one that your confident will last the next hundred years is going to be near impossible.
I did a quick search of the Internet and did not find any projects that allow artists to store their data for these purposes. Maybe this is an opportunity to create something more than art. =)
Personally I have never understood why people are so convinced the solution to everything is the "free-market".
The entire concept of a free market is based on a system free from external influence, force, fraud, or coercion. Am I the only one who notices that this isn't practical in a global setting without a centralized government?
The only thing the Invisible Hand is doing is slapping down any businesses that are actually trying to do things in a fair and respectable way.
In my view, the answer is easy. Take away the benefit of bad business. You want to sell products in the United States, just prove that all people and processes employed in the manufacture of the product meet the minimum standards of the United States. I know what most people would say; that would create a humongous amount of bureaucracy! It is true, but it would put everyone on a level playing field and on the bright side create lots of American jobs administrating it.
As someone who has permanent nerve damage in my back that makes me unable to feel my legs below the knee I can tell you exactly what several doctors have told me.
"At least you can walk."
"Let me know if it gets worse."
Consider hiring people to clean your gutters or hang your Christmas lights.
It would be interesting if this could make desalinization more energy efficient.
After you finish desalinization you end up with clean water and very salty water. If you mixed the less salty sea water with your now very salty water, could they recover part of the huge amounts of energy that desalinization requires?
Frankly this sounds like a good idea to me.
I really don't have a problem with it. Someone please explain why I should. How would this negatively affect me? Even if I were a criminal, I would just wear latex gloves while I was committing crimes.
Well me personally I was in high school. Yeah, not much of an excuse, but still that is what I have.
I am sorry, but pointing out that Democrats can be just as morally flawed as Republicans is not news. News would be that the American people started voting for people based off their integrity and intelligence.
Hey, look. A soapbox.
If the government can't violate everyone's civil rights with complete impunity then the terrorist will win. We don't want the terrorist to win, otherwise they would take away all of our rights and freedom! See, we have to give up our freedom to keep it!
I love big brother. He will protect me from the bad people, right?
I appreciate what patent law is meant to do, protect and encourage inventors and developers to invent and develop. It seems though, that as of late, it only succeeds in limiting and discouraging people from trying to develop something useful.
I seems to me that with the nature of today's technology, that if a company develops a patent and does not try to produce or license the technology, they should loose the ability to sue over its use.
-lp
Talk to me when they start including cell phones in my credit cards, now that will be interesting.
Sir, this is your wallet, you haven't paid your bill yet.
The only way is wireless / satellites. As long as it can be tracked, it will be tracked. China, for example, has proven that it more than willing to go to the effort to suppress dissenting voices.
What is needed is access via a medium that is untraceable or out of their realm of influence.
I personally do not know the real details, but I was talking to someone a few years ago and they were telling me about how the missionaries going to South America from the US were taking laptops with satellite hookups and Solar Cells. The satellites were being launched for free by NASA because they were designed to be exactly the same dimension and mass as some equipment that was normally ejected as ballast or something. (Again, I don't really know the details.)
I can tell you, if I honestly felt that there was a place that I could donate money too that would help to allow a level of free speech to people within repressive governments, I would do it.
I would never do this but I think its a great idea.
Lets get all the people who have way to much money to pay $50k on getting Mr. Wiskers v2.0 and put it into a company that for their own selfish purposes will develop viable medical techniques that can be migrated to the health care industry.
I admit, I am not a huge fan of the idea of people replicating themselves, but I am a fan of having specific body parts cloned. Who wouldn't like to see little Timmy with a new freshly grown leg instead of a prosthetic?
Until a extremely efficient means of launching satellites happens (Space Elevators), these will be ideal as it allows less expensive launches, the ability to repair and update equipment easily and the option of redistribution of resources.
"Hey bill, were getting a lot of traffic on the east side."
"Ok, we will send over another blimp."
Just I hope that the control system doesn't piggyback on the network connection. I don't want hear about hackers cracking these things and taking them for joy rides.
"even if our computer clocs are out of date by a couple minutes"
Maybe a bit Non sequitur but I thought I would mention a great link, in my mind, for getting automatic time updates.
http://boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/service/its.htm
If a company or organization out there were setup a clear system where software makers had to meet a clear set of defined standards to receive their seal of approval and enforced their standards strictly with in-house testing, then I imagine that they could become a unofficial standard in the software community.
Much like Consumer Reports is for home appliances and what not.
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I personally do not believe that there is any single physical solution that will guarantee that your data will last. Even if the was some perfect medium, external forces would have the potential to destroy it. You can reduce the odds of this loss by mitigating risk by using multiple and possibly different formats.
The real answer though would be an active service. A multi-sited, data storage service that actively protects your data is the only real way of making sure your data lasts. There are many professional services out there that will host your data, but finding one that your confident will last the next hundred years is going to be near impossible.
I did a quick search of the Internet and did not find any projects that allow artists to store their data for these purposes. Maybe this is an opportunity to create something more than art. =)
I for one welcome our new memory chip overlords.
I wonder how much heat it produces as waste.
Personally I have never understood why people are so convinced the solution to everything is the "free-market".
The entire concept of a free market is based on a system free from external influence, force, fraud, or coercion. Am I the only one who notices that this isn't practical in a global setting without a centralized government?
The only thing the Invisible Hand is doing is slapping down any businesses that are actually trying to do things in a fair and respectable way.
In my view, the answer is easy. Take away the benefit of bad business. You want to sell products in the United States, just prove that all people and processes employed in the manufacture of the product meet the minimum standards of the United States. I know what most people would say; that would create a humongous amount of bureaucracy! It is true, but it would put everyone on a level playing field and on the bright side create lots of American jobs administrating it.
I would be a very happy camper right now if I could use my google voice number with my google andriod phone on my google wireless plan.
/sigh
As someone who has permanent nerve damage in my back that makes me unable to feel my legs below the knee I can tell you exactly what several doctors have told me.
"At least you can walk." "Let me know if it gets worse."
Consider hiring people to clean your gutters or hang your Christmas lights.
It would be interesting if this could make desalinization more energy efficient. After you finish desalinization you end up with clean water and very salty water. If you mixed the less salty sea water with your now very salty water, could they recover part of the huge amounts of energy that desalinization requires?
Frankly this sounds like a good idea to me. I really don't have a problem with it. Someone please explain why I should. How would this negatively affect me? Even if I were a criminal, I would just wear latex gloves while I was committing crimes.
Well me personally I was in high school. Yeah, not much of an excuse, but still that is what I have. I am sorry, but pointing out that Democrats can be just as morally flawed as Republicans is not news. News would be that the American people started voting for people based off their integrity and intelligence. Hey, look. A soapbox.
If the government can't violate everyone's civil rights with complete impunity then the terrorist will win. We don't want the terrorist to win, otherwise they would take away all of our rights and freedom! See, we have to give up our freedom to keep it! I love big brother. He will protect me from the bad people, right?
I would assume the easiest way to get the roaches into a Motel would be Female Robotic Roaches. At least for a few minutes anyways.
I appreciate what patent law is meant to do, protect and encourage inventors and developers to invent and develop. It seems though, that as of late, it only succeeds in limiting and discouraging people from trying to develop something useful. I seems to me that with the nature of today's technology, that if a company develops a patent and does not try to produce or license the technology, they should loose the ability to sue over its use. -lp
Talk to me when they start including cell phones in my credit cards, now that will be interesting. Sir, this is your wallet, you haven't paid your bill yet.
The only way is wireless / satellites. As long as it can be tracked, it will be tracked. China, for example, has proven that it more than willing to go to the effort to suppress dissenting voices.
What is needed is access via a medium that is untraceable or out of their realm of influence.
I personally do not know the real details, but I was talking to someone a few years ago and they were telling me about how the missionaries going to South America from the US were taking laptops with satellite hookups and Solar Cells. The satellites were being launched for free by NASA because they were designed to be exactly the same dimension and mass as some equipment that was normally ejected as ballast or something. (Again, I don't really know the details.)
I can tell you, if I honestly felt that there was a place that I could donate money too that would help to allow a level of free speech to people within repressive governments, I would do it.
I would never do this but I think its a great idea.
Lets get all the people who have way to much money to pay $50k on getting Mr. Wiskers v2.0 and put it into a company that for their own selfish purposes will develop viable medical techniques that can be migrated to the health care industry.
I admit, I am not a huge fan of the idea of people replicating themselves, but I am a fan of having specific body parts cloned. Who wouldn't like to see little Timmy with a new freshly grown leg instead of a prosthetic?
Until a extremely efficient means of launching satellites happens (Space Elevators), these will be ideal as it allows less expensive launches, the ability to repair and update equipment easily and the option of redistribution of resources. "Hey bill, were getting a lot of traffic on the east side." "Ok, we will send over another blimp." Just I hope that the control system doesn't piggyback on the network connection. I don't want hear about hackers cracking these things and taking them for joy rides.
"even if our computer clocs are out of date by a couple minutes" Maybe a bit Non sequitur but I thought I would mention a great link, in my mind, for getting automatic time updates. http://boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/service/its.htm
If a company or organization out there were setup a clear system where software makers had to meet a clear set of defined standards to receive their seal of approval and enforced their standards strictly with in-house testing, then I imagine that they could become a unofficial standard in the software community. Much like Consumer Reports is for home appliances and what not.