The full text article linked below was recently published by PLOS One. Title Measuring Data Rot: An Analysis of The Continued Availability of Shared Data From a Single University Author Kristin A. Briney California Institute of Technology Source PLoS ONE 19(6): e0304781. June 5, 2024 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304781 Abstract To determine where data is shared and […]
#DataRot
More #Data is not more #information
#Entropy
feels kinda lame that bahn.de has a 15 month out of date information page about all the useful help you're going to get as a Ukrainian refugee on arrival in germany, available in 4 languages, with the only restriction being that you need a time machine to take you back to before all that stuff was dismantled.
So, in recent search if I possibly maybe have a scan of certain document in my mail somewhere, I came upon an old picture of mine, sent to one of my past employers, for the purpose of using it on the office entry badge. Except… it somehow got corrupted? And this was stored on a gmail account, so there's little chance of me mishandling data.
(pic behind cw: eye contact)
One of the greatest things about academic research these days is most seminars can easily be recorded (thanks to lecture capture technology, hybrid participation, and/or things taking place entirely online).
And yet most of these videos are hosted by cloud services run by third parties who might decide to delete things at any time, or by university services who change the rules on a whim.
A wealth of knowledge and culture lost. It really bugs me.
The Tripitaka Koreana, 52 million characters transmitted almost 800 years into the future with zero data loss. Fascinating.
http://twiiit.com/incunabula/status/1574546784365445136
#tripitakakoreana #tripitakacoreana #datarot #datapreservation #history
The Tripitaka Koreana - carved on 81258 woodblocks in the 13th century - is the most successful large data transfer over time yet achieved by humankind. 52 million characters of information, transmitted over nearly 8 centuries with zero data loss - an unequalled achievement. 1/