re: One last thought

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TB — 2/17/2008 10:27:30 PM (archived)

I dimly remember some archiving format that featured resistance to loss. Somebody demonstrated by punching a hole in a floppy and still recovering a file. Odds are good that it was the opposite of "compression" though.

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My most precious possession... - ER - 2/16/2008 8:05:21 PM
- Postscript - ER - 2/17/2008 3:23:18 PM
  - Data is nothing without hardware. - Mary Anne - 2/18/2008 3:55:05 AM
  - Paper - podrock - 2/17/2008 4:50:06 PM
  - Definitely an issue - TB - 2/17/2008 4:18:05 PM
    - Information storage - TB - 2/17/2008 4:26:42 PM
      - re: Information storage - Robert - 2/17/2008 7:57:13 PM
        
        One last thought - Robert - 2/17/2008 8:02:15 PM
        
        re: One last thought - TB - 2/17/2008 10:27:30 PM
        
        error correcting codes - Robert - 2/18/2008 12:53:36 AM
      - Overdue palimpsest fees - ER - 2/17/2008 5:07:21 PM
        
        Not worried about losing "unimportant" information, either. - TB - 2/17/2008 10:23:56 PM
  - Good question. (Not your favorite librarian.) - Bowser - 2/17/2008 3:44:29 PM
    - Old school - TB - 2/17/2008 4:25:26 PM
- Fortunately... - TB - 2/16/2008 9:46:01 PM
  - Yaaaay! - ER - 2/16/2008 11:10:12 PM
- Scan it... - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/16/2008 8:59:29 PM
  - re: Scan it... - ER - 2/16/2008 11:10:04 PM

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