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So data and information are irreversibly lost? In the Age of Internet?

• triplesec 13y ago
  Apparently so. It's not an article with a response from the government agents responsible or with first-hand detail on why or how the digitisation didn't happen, and why universities or a foundation didn't take on the load, or even the argument about what reasoning led to the closures in the first place, but if even half true, it's severe enough to be worth looking into.
• sami36 13y ago
  Not all data & information created is meant to be saved till eternity.Plus, some of it comes with privacy implications, even when dealing with documents pertaining to the deceased.
• throwwit 13y ago
  Next best thing is to bury truth with falsehoods... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/08/crtc-may-ease-ban-on-broadcasting-false-news/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/08/crtc-may-ease-ban-on-broa... This story doesn't belong on HN IMO. But it is a pretty bad trend, among many others, that does deserve some attention.
• pjc50 13y ago
  In some ways, it's even easier for information to be lost in the digital age; unless it's in regular use, it can end up on crumbling tapes in an obsolete format that cannot be understood. There are various underfunded efforts to recover and transcribe old NASA data that suffer from this.