▲ 449 ▼ This long-term data storage will last 14 billion years (www.theregister.com) submitted 11 months ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 161 comments fedilink hide all child comments "the medium is silica crystal, similar to optical cable, it's highly durable. It's also capacious: The technology can store up to 360 TB of data on a 5-inch glass platter."
[+] Horsecook@sh.itjust.works 20 points 11 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 11 months ago CD-R and CD-RW discs use different methods of data encoding, and were never advertised as having similar longevity. I mean...sorry, but this is wrong. Mitsui CDRs for example are still being sold on retail sites advertising 100+ (and sometimes 300+) year longevity. Similar to bitrot, internet rot makes it hard to find advertisements from the 90s, but I am comfortable that was true then too and not limited to "gold" high quality discs like Mitsui. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 11 months ago CD-R and CD-RW discs use different methods of data encoding, and were never advertised as having similar longevity. I mean...sorry, but this is wrong. Mitsui CDRs for example are still being sold on retail sites advertising 100+ (and sometimes 300+) year longevity. Similar to bitrot, internet rot makes it hard to find advertisements from the 90s, but I am comfortable that was true then too and not limited to "gold" high quality discs like Mitsui. permalink fedilink source parent