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Comment Re:CDs are still readable (Score 0) 805

by sybase on Friday June 20, 2008 @04:08PM (#23878011) Attached to: Best Way To Store Digital Video For 20 Years?

I believe you're thinking of master to production CD/DVD. Because of the process used to create CDs and DVDs from a master they are much more durable. Store purchased blank CDs and DVD that you burn in a drive at home however are far less durable and the data can decay in as little as 5 years.

Best Way To Store Digital Video For 20 Years? 805

Posted by kdawson on Friday June 20, 2008 @03:57PM from the thanks-for-the-memories dept.

An anonymous reader writes "My kid is now 1 year old and I already have 100G of digital video (stored on DVDs, DVD quality) and photos. How should I store it so that it's still readable 10 to 20 years from now? Will DVDs stil be around, and readable, 10 years from now? Should I plan for technology changes every 5 to 10 years (DVD->Blue-ray->whatever)? Is optical storage better, or should I try to use hard drives (making technology changes automatic)? And, if the answer is optical, how do you store optical disks so that they last?"

Foundations of Mac OS X Leopard Security 213

Posted by samzenpus on Friday June 20, 2008 @03:12PM from the protect-ya-neck dept.

jsuda writes "At least a half-dozen times in the book 'Foundations of Mac OS X Leopard Security' the authors state that there is a misconception that the Macintosh computer is immune from security problems. That allegation may explain why there are very few books published (and nearly none in recent years) about security for the Mac. This book is meant to change all that. The authors acknowledge that the Mac OS X software has had little of the security problem experience of Windows (and other operating systems, to a lesser extent) but they spend 455 pages detailing exactly where and how the Macintosh platform is (or may be) vulnerable." Read below for the rest of Jsuda's review.

Northrop Grumman To Develop Brain-Wave Binoculars 149

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday June 20, 2008 @02:30PM from the second-sight dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An AP wire reports that DARPA has granted a $6.7 million contract to Northrop Grumman to develop 'brainwave binoculars'. The binoculars will be built into a helmet, which will include EEG electrodes that will monitor the wearer's brain activity for patterns consistent with object identification/recognition. From what I can gather, the idea is that when you look at a far-off or partially obscured object without noticing it, your subconscious probably did notice it and tried, unsuccessfully, to identify it. The EEG in these binoculars would pick up on that kind of subconscious activity and draw the wearer's attention to the object in question. The goal is that these binoculars would be able to pick up on any object anywhere in the wearer's field of view, where a person can only pick up on things that he focuses both his eyes and his attention on. This delves into some very interesting territory: it would be an electronic device that uses human eyes to collect data, and even uses a human brain to partially process the data. Since it also passes its results back to the human providing the data and initial processing, it essentially adds a second processing loop in parallel to the wearer's visual system."

Fastest-Ever Flashgun Captures Image of Light Wave 175

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday June 20, 2008 @01:48PM from the fastest-flash-in-the-west dept.

loconet writes to tell us that a team of researchers have created the shortest-ever flash of light. Weighing in at just 80 attoseconds, this flash has already been used to capture an image of a laser pulse and could possibly be used in the future to capture the electron movement around large atoms.

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