(July 12, 2016 at 2:41 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(July 12, 2016 at 4:52 am)MrNoMorePropaganda Wrote: Flash memory is a terrible way to store things, and should only be used for temporary storage. I'm talking memory card and the USB stick. Cloud storage is also terrible. The most secure way to store things may well be the old punch cards.
Meh, it depends entirely what you mean by "storage". If you mean archival-storage-for-a-hundred-years, punch cards properly stored will outlive flash, optical, or magnetic storage.
However, do you have any idea what a mere terabyte of punch cards looks like? The logistics of storing and organizing that many cards is pretty daunting.
(1 terabyte == approximately 68 million boxes of punch cards)
"However, do you have any idea what a mere terabyte of punch cards looks like?"
Best not to think about it. I'm guessing a several rooms worth of punch cards. But nobody has tried right? So it's hard to say.
