That is why we keep three copies of the data on each of the three tapes. I too have read tapes over 30 years old. I have not read floppies and CDs that were less than 3 yearsl old, and no longer own an ST506 interface or even a pre-PCI motherboard (well perhaps I do. but I cant find it).

I am backing LTO.

Think of the drone strikes! Tin foil is not enough. You need real tin hats.

Put that light out!

In those days, we did not wet our knickers and give up our privacy (much), and carried on regardless with a stiff upper lip.

I don't know what went wrong, but this is just as small part of it. personally, I blame cheap hard disks.

FTFY

Several Prime Ministers have been spied upon as potential Soviet agents - so the answer you are looking for is YES

They are spies - they spy on everyone if they did not spy on everyone, how would they know who to spy on? Should you trust them? If you dont know how to think for yourself, then the answer does not matter.

It used to be because the labour content was exported, but robots are replacing the offshore jobs/manufacturing.

It is time to come up with a new model of who gets what, and why. and how to implement it.

Or Ebola just may do it for us.

3D is a bad idea. It makes your head hurt because you are experiencing the impossible. If it does not make your head hurt, then it is doing you harm.

Please can we have using TLAs without explaining them made a criminal offence.