13 Jun
2000
13 Jun
'00
9:28 p.m.
Yes. VERY IMPORTANT! Yet almost noone bothers to do
it. NASA has tons
(literally) of data that is decaying into worthlessness, because they
didn't have viable plans for long-term retention.
Is this really true or just another legend? I ask because many people
also say that the old data the Census Bereau keeps in digital form is also
decaying and partially unreadable.
Basically, that is baloney. My Aunt, some sort of economic/urban planning
big shot in a way I don't understand, says that it is untrue. In fact, she
uses the old data from time to time.
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org