Because this is the talk of the #internet again: you don't preserve digital media by stuffing the One True Version in an #archive.
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Because this is the talk of the #internet again: you don't preserve digital media by stuffing the One True Version in an #archive. Make countless copies and scatter them to the wind. Make each a different format. You don't know which of them will still be readable next decade, so *don't try to guess*.
That goes for analog media too. The Library of Alexandria contained copies. Many classic paintings only survived as copies.
Copying is how life itself beats death. Embrace it.
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Andrew (Television Executive)replied to Felix on last edited by
@felix Today, I received in the mail a newspaper from the 1940s that is a reprint of a dime novel from the 1880s.
The 1880s edition is not well preserved. Copies exist, but they're trashed.
The 1940s reprint is plentiful enough that I paid $5 for mine.
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Morgan Fletcher :vbike:replied to Andrew (Television Executive) on last edited by
@ajroach42 @felix Same. A boy came to California from Mexico in the 1830s, lived a good, long, rewarding life, kept a diary. Late in life, he shared that diary with a local newspaper reporter. It was printed in a small, CA newspaper, then later reprinted. The stories are remarkable, historically interesting, painting a picture of a pre-gold-rush California few knew. Later, someone heard about or found the newspaper articles, reprinted them with a foreword and some research for the California Historical Society in a small book. That book is long out of print. I've found a copy, read it, loved it, bought more old copies to give to friends or lend out, and clipped the newspaper articles to someday transcribe and research on my blog.
#California #history #CaliforniaHistoricalSociety #CaliforniaHistory
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