29 Sep
Posted September 29, 2010 by scoop2go in historians. Leave a Comment
Many people believe that digital records are more secure than previous media. In terms of sound files, the current common format of mp.3 and mp.4 apparently lasts even less time than audiotape, according to this story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100929/ap_on_en_ot/us_endangered_digital_recordings
Check out this interesting report, and ponder its implications for the history profession. or even your own collection of video and sound files.
Exactly NINE MONTHS from the first day of school-- just like a pregnancy! Except this one will absolutely end on time, no matter what.
“There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience and that is not learning from experience." -Archibald MacLeish
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