[OT] free classic Scientific American magazines

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 09:35:27AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 07:49:45PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> > So: the one on building a laser was probably from 1966.  I could still
> > read it 40 years later.  What are the chances you can read this CD in
> > 40 years?  (I cannot read my 9 track tapes from 20 years ago; I can
> > read my punch cards and paper tape, using my eyes.)
> 
> Given the number of devices that can read CDs, pretty good.  How many
> devices could read tapes?  Not that many.  It seems every new optical
> drive format is maintaining compatibility with previous optical drives,
> so I think your CDs are going to be fine for a long time.

Oh and of course being digital information, just copy it onto new media
in 10 years or so, before CDs become obsolete.

Len Sorensen
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