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What we’ve lost: The MySpace war files and the impact of a digital 'Dark Age'
(spectrumlocalnews.com)
this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2023
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Imagine if, in 100 years, there was a massive Carrington Event and most of the world's data was destroyed. How would we piece our history back together?
We would definitely lose some data but I'm guessing there's a few hundred backups of Wikipedia and the important stuff floating around.
A huge solar storm could wipe out the backups too unless they're stored in a deep vault or something.
Would it effect optical media like CDs?
Time is more of a concern for CDs. They don't really last that long.