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From Vint's speech at AAAS annual meeting 2015:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">"We're going to have to build into our
thinking the concept of preservation writ large," Cerf added.
<p>One possible solution was what he called "digital vellum", a
concept now being explored by computer scientists at Carnegie
Mellon University in Pittsburgh.</p>
<p>This involved taking a digital "snapshot" at the time an item
is stored of all the processes needed to reproduce it at a
later date, including the software and operating system.</p>
<p>The snapshot could then be used to reproduce the game,
picture file or spread sheet, on a "modern" computer, perhaps
centuries from now.</p>
<p>"Some people make the argument that the important stuff will
be copied and put into new media and so why should we worry,"
said Cerf. "But ... historians will tell you that sometimes
documents and transactions images and so on may turn out to
have an importance which is not understood for hundreds of
years. So failure to preserve them will cause us to lose our
perspective."</p>
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Brent Kimberley wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi David,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I’m not sure if
I’m asking this question at the right level; nevertheless,
can we assure information preservation in the face of
arbitrarily symbol loss/insertions/fading/noise, etc.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I suspect the
answer yes; however ,it may implicitly require the use of
multiple manuscripts, historians, and/or textual criticism.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thoughts?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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David Giaretta [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:david@giaretta.org">mailto:david@giaretta.org</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 01, 2016 1:58 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'MOIMS DAI List'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Moims-dai] Extra slide for Vint<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">As discussed – need to
check the words.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">..David<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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