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Cyrano

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11. "... digitized them for eternity."
Mon May 2, 2022, 02:17 PM
May 2022

There ain't no such thing. Electromagnetically stored info will eventually fade and disappear. Look at movies from the 1930's and 1940's. Many of them have been "remastered," and many that haven't been, are either going or gone.

Depending on the quality of parchment/paper that holds the written word, it can possibly last for centuries. And then, it can be reprinted. Electronically stored data can be saved only if someone is willing to redo it within a reasonable amount of time.

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