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In response to "How can future generations count? They don't even exist, for god's sake. -- nm" by mara

You of all people should know that digital copies are not archival. -- nm

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Nov 16 '10, 13:27

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Who's talking archival? We're just talking about conviently purchasable where other tracks are available. You asked "who," and I'm saying "those who - mara Nov 16, 13:31 3
- You're the one talking about "posterity". -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 13:32 2
  - Just because posterity is who archiving is for doesn't mean all reference to posterity automatically involve archiving. -- nm - mara Nov 16, 13:36 1
    - "You only call us a cow school because we were founded by a cow!" -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 13:37
CDs decay -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 13:28 5
- And CDs are digital, so I was probably including them in that, just maybe. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 13:29 4
  - I assumed you meant digital as in digitized files, lacking a physical medium. Whereas a CD is a physical medium. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 13:33 3
    - You assumed wrong. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 13:34 2
      - Yes, clearly. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 16, 13:35 1
        
        Oh Bery, will you ever learn? -- nm - Spawn Nov 16, 13:36

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