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Re: Titanosaurs from Malawi




On Sun, 22 May 2005 18:45:06 -0700 (PDT) Paul Penkalski
<turtlecroc@yahoo.com> writes:
> Well.... I've already seen CDs lose data. I've 
> got a couple that were burned within the past 
> few years and now have scattered data errors. 
> (although they verified at the time they were 
> burned). These are undamaged, name brand 
> CDs that are much less than ten years old. 
> It will be very interesting to see what's left 
> in 50 years. 


I recently bought a box of blank CDs.  The label on the box warned, "Do
not expose discs to direct light".  I kid you not.  R/W CDs are THAT
fragile!

<pb>
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