Article on data rot on CD's

From: chris <cb_at_mythtech.net>
Date: Thu Aug 5 10:04:15 2004

>Some of the CD longevity articles talk about this... those safes
>are rated to preserve paper. The char or combustion temperature for
>paper is far higher than the highest temperature that a CD-R
>will survive.

True, I hadn't thought about that angle of it. I suppose a CD or disk
will warp enough to ruin it long before paper starts to show signs of
heat damage.

Its still going to be better then keeping important media in a cardboard
box.

-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Received on Thu Aug 05 2004 - 10:04:15 BST

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