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Burning Down The House Originally shared by Susan Jahn https://www.wired.com/2017/05/rooftop-solar-panels-great-planet-terrible-firefighters/?mbid=social_twitter

Truthiness Optional Originally shared by Ralf Haring "Sheriff Sandra Hutchens claims the veteran officers were unaware they were required to testify honestly during prior court appearances..." http://www.ocweekly.com/news/orange-county-sheriffs-deputies-refuse-to-testify-under-oath-in-jailhouse-snitch-scandal-8139758

Endless War http://www.stonekettle.com/2017/05/memorial-day-2018.html http://www.npr.org/2017/05/29/530593106/asking-god-to-forgive-me-n-c-lawmaker-seeks-redemption-for-war-votes

Starve and Struggle. Feast. Bloat. Patton Oswalt writes about David Sedaris. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/books/review/theft-by-finding-diaries-david-sedaris.html

–30– He'll be missed. http://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526582433/deford-says-thanks-for-a-good-game-drops-mic

Originally shared by Eric Hansen https://angrystaffofficer.com/2017/05/29/how-i-lost-at-patriotism-and-how-we-all-lose/

For Want Of A... The New World Order obviously involves Crisis Control via Mad Libs... ...redundant power supply ...graceful failure modes ...triage rules ...adequate adult supervision Scaled complexity failure is hard to manage, but not impossible. Maintenance, redundancy, and training in advance of requirements are almost universally despised. via Kam-Yung Soh Originally shared by The Economist A computer failure at British Airways causes chaos http://econ.st/2rNNiub

Threading Thread Putting the pedal to the metal... http://www.velonews.com/2017/05/bikes-and-tech/technical-faq-pedal-thread-direction_439220

Close Air Support Warthog Won't Die... http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/news/business/risk-extinction-iconic-warthog-plane-lives-article-1.3198148 The Circus may be dead, but the Elephant Walk lives on... https://www.dvidshub.net/video/526530/surge-exercise-moody-afb http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/news/business/risk-extinction-iconic-warthog-plane-lives-article-1.3198148

The Invisible Man Originally shared by Anne-Marie Clark The Trump WH left out the name of the same-sex husband of the Prime Minister of Luxembourg from the caption of this photo on the official WH fb page. See for yourself: https://www.facebook.com/WhiteHouse/photos/a.1317897788297951.1073741840.1191441824276882/1323835174370879/?type=3&theater The caption: "First Lady Melania Trump poses with Belgium’s Queen Mathilde, center, and other spouses of NATO leaders: First Lady Emine Erdoğan of Turkey; Iceland’s Thora Margret Baldvinsdottir; the First Lady of France Brigitte Trogneux; First Lady Melania Trump; Slovenia’s Mojca Stropnik; Bulgaria’s Desislava Radeva; Belgium’s Amélie Derbaudrenghien, and Norway’s Ingrid Schulerud, during their visit Thursday, May 25, 2917, at the Royal Palace in Brussels. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)" https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/868582456877871104

Thinking Pink Originally shared by Mahlen Morris I hadn't even noticed that they're pink, but once you see it... http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-pink-doughnut-boxes-20170525-htmlstory.html

Moral Foundation Theory Part Three http://www.ksdk.com/mobile/article/life/dress-code-series-of-events-lead-to-honor-roll-students-suspension/441126120

Moral Foundation Theory Part Two http://religionnews.com/2017/05/24/because-she-was-immoral-christian-school-defends-decision-to-deny-pregnant-teen-graduation-walk/

Moral Foundation Theory Part One Originally shared by Anne-Marie Clark "Orientation to authority" Especially creepy, coming from Pence. No, the officer's oath to the Constitution comes before the duty to chain of command. "Next is orientation to authority. Nothing I have to explain to those of you sitting before me today. Follow the chain of command without exception. Submit yourselves, as the saying goes, to the authorities that have been placed above you. Trust your superiors, trust your orders, and you’ll serve and lead well." Officer's oath: “I, ___ , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.” ...

Hoser Originally shared by Ray Radlein Ad from a 1960 Chicago White Sox scoresheet/program. Three years after Joe McCarthy's death, FWIW. The company still exists, and even has a web page tribute to their old ad-man, with several of his other ads (but not this one, for some reason). https://twitter.com/PeterWilt1/status/867887685595267072

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Leave The Driving To Us When Fly By Wire becomes a noose... Originally shared by Lauren Weinstein A cautionary tale for autonomous vehicle hypesters. http://www.smh.com.au/good-weekend/the-untold-story-of-qf72-what-happens-when-psycho-automation-leaves-pilots-powerless-20170510-gw26ae.html

Hip To Be Square The song of my tribe...

The Brave Little Toaster Aerodynamics Are Overrated...

OINC Pimping the Piggly Wiggly...

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Whole Lot Of Bakin' Goin' On Not much shakin'... Light air race, lots of dead spots. About needed a laser rangefinder in the last nm of the race, to tell if we were making any progress. Still, managed to finish first, and did not run out of beer. Did not hoist the blooper, much less gybe it. The skipper was much disappoint.

When Men Were Men The skipper has found evidence that folks once thought it possible to gybe a blooper. http://static.cyca.com.au/media/3148671/Offshore_No30_reduced.pdf He says he's printed copies to distribute to the crew tomorrow morning. If you listen closely, you'll hear their lamentations in the wind. We're off to the 34th Annual John Walsh Memorial Oar Race tomorrow, a pursuit start distance event commemorating the evacuation from Dunkirk. The perpetual trophy is an oar used during that historic event. Our name is inscribed on the oar a few times. Might get on there again. http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2013/12/16/photo-back-bloopers-ruled-seas/

My Beautiful Balloon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5akEgsZSfhg Originally shared by Irina T. The Odyssey of Project Echo "The Echo balloon was perhaps the most beautiful object ever to be put into space. The big and brilliant sphere had a 31,416-square foot surface of Mylar plastic covered smoothly with a mere 4 pounds of vapor-deposited aluminum. All told, counting 30 pounds of inflating chemicals and two 11-ounce, 3/8-inch-thick radio tracking beacons (packed with 70 solar cells and 5 storage batteries), the sphere weighed only 132 pounds. For those enamored with its aesthetics, folding the beautiful balloon into its small container for packing into the nose cone of a Thor-Delta rocket was somewhat like folding a large Rembrandt canvas into a tiny square and taking it home from an art sale in one's wallet. However, the folding of the balloon posed more than aesthetic problems. The structure not only had to fit inside the spherical canister but also had to unfold properly f...

Have Rebooted Your Burro? Innertubes maintenance in the High Country... https://maddogmedia.com/2017/05/17/bear-with-me-here/

Cutting Edge Originally shared by Jennifer Ouellette Nas and The Avett Brothers pay homage to the original electrical recording equipment. "Much like iTunes and streaming, the [recording] lathe democratized music. " https://www.wired.com/2017/05/american-epic-return-of-the-lathe/ https://www.wired.com/2017/05/american-epic-return-of-the-lathe/

Cop To It Originally shared by Richard Bensam "The irony of our vibrant and necessary police reform movement is that it’s happening simultaneously to everyone becoming a cop. I mean everyone — liberal, conservative, radical and reactionary. Blogger, activist, pundit, and writer, obviously, but also teacher, tailor, and candlestick maker. Cops, all of them. Cops everywhere. Everybody a cop." It's easy to call out when it's the people you disagree with doing it, but the people you agree with are turning into cops as well. https://medium.com/@freddiedeboer/planet-of-cops-8917cfc01fc9

The Brady Bunch The effects of detectives making expedient cases and prosecutorial zeal... Originally shared by Damn interesting http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/trials_and_error/2017/05/three_murders_in_philadelphia_in_the_early_1990s_and_three_men_who_didn.html

Maynard G. Krebs Had It Right https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqzpQPDSr2s Originally shared by Kevin Clarke (ksclarke) https://timeline.com/invention-of-wasted-time-mercantilism-e11df6f8dfa1

Taking A Look At Octopodes I went looking to see what Olivia Judson had been up to. I found this. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/11/octopus-anatomy-cephalopod-disguise-evolution/

Always Read The Ingrediments "lack of technical supervision" Originally shared by Kam-Yung Soh No joke. "David T. Hobbs is an expert in the complicated chemistry of nuclear waste management. He’s studied nuclear waste materials, radiochemical separations, and complex chemical environments for more than three decades. But three years ago, when an accident in a New Mexico repository brought disposal of U.S. defense nuclear wastes to a standstill, he was called to investigate a different kind of material—cat litter. [...] [A]n April 2014 accident investigation report by the Department of Energy [...] says the radiological release likely stemmed from a single breached drum. Plus, photographs taken in May 2014 show an open container with heat damage to the surrounding area. This suggests that a thermal event inside the drum caused the container to fail. The drum came from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). It contained a reactive mix of radioactive nitrate salt waste, a ...

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Flipper More Ghosts In The Machine... https://theawl.com/dial-d-for-dolphin-7c1d7a3293b4

Tilford Tuesday: Ten Commandments It's always January 1st, somewhere... https://pvcycling.wordpress.com/2017/05/16/tilford-tuesday-ten-commandments/

The Red & Gray "At the all-white school I attended, our school colors were drawn from Confederate uniforms—--“Artillery Red” and “Infantry Grey.” Each student was assigned to one of two teams—the “Lees” or the “Jacksons.” (Not until the Obama years did the school, amid great uproar, drop these team names.) At school assemblies, students competed by reading or reciting literary works. A classmate read aloud James Thurber’s famous parody, If Grant Had Been Drinking at Appomattox, which depicts Grant drunkenly surrendering to Lee. The middle school principal stopped his reading, rebuked him for disrespect to Lee, and dismissed school for the day." I'm of two minds about removing any memorials to the Confederacy. I'm against the glorification of evil, as anyone should be. But are we also talking about erasing Washington, or Jefferson, or so many others, that also held slaves without shame or fear? They, like so many others, were a blend of good and bad, and a produc...

Tago Nang Tago Originally shared by Damn interesting A Story of Slavery in Modern America https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490/

What Does It Say About You? When you get Trumped by a cabal of idiots? via John Jainschigg Originally shared by John Hardy A great read. When Barack Obama and then Hillary Clinton managed to capture the advantage in Wall Street money and support, Democrats celebrated their success. Now Trump, who knows nothing, has stolen the cynical con right out from under them. In their hearts, they know he didn’t even try.. https://theoutline.com/post/1524/the-crushing-idiocy-of-donald-trump

Drunk Like A Hero From Oliver LaFarge's magnificent short story, "Spud and Cochise." "Spud knew the form of those bottles from dim memory. Four Eye Monongahela, liquor so good even barkeeps can't help drinking it, so rare that only twice in his life had he ever tasted it. Two bottles! Just thinking about them, he felt the springs of his old youth welling inside him. It's so long since I really been drunk, he thought, drunk like a hero." "The perfume of the Four Eye Monongahela, its full flavor and its great strength pervaded them, filling them out, penetrating to their finger tips. They felt good-will toward mankind, they were elevated, their powers increased, and their minds clarified." Originally shared by Alex Scrivener Monongahela (MO-non-gah-HEEL-a) is a rye whiskey distilled in and around southwestern Pennsylvania and northwestern Maryland, typically within barging distance of the Monongahela River. (Geography refresher: the Monongah...

Command Lines “The free man is not the man who rids himself of commands after he has received them, but the man who knows how to evade them in the first place.” Elias Canetti, Crowds and Power Another essay about the dangers of letting George drive... Knowing when to Pay Attention, and to What, is pretty important, always. via John Jainschigg https://medium.com/@stevebryant/stop-letting-danger-pay-attention-to-you-d6be95327eb7

Greek Tragedy For Certain Values Of Adults in the Room. Reminds me of Keith Laumer, who wrote some true stuff, disguised as fiction. http://baencd.freedoors.org/Books/Retief/Retief.htm https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/15/adults-in-room-battle-europes-deep-establishment-yanis-varoufakis-review

Looking Presidential Part Three Sierra Hotel. Sometimes, there is nothing glorious about it. http://farvatoons.com/comic/november-delta/

Looking Presidential Part Two Heh. "Theory of Mind." There is No-Mind. Only Id. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/5/12/15621140/interpret-trump

Looking Presidential Part One

East St. Louis Toodle Ooo Jungle Music. Steely Dan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWOg0gHknKs Originally shared by Damn interesting https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/may/12/blowing-wind-cities-poor-east-ends

Hoarding Vulnerabilities See also: Stealing Jobs Originally shared by Ralf Haring From the President and CLO of Microsoft: "Finally, this attack provides yet another example of why the stockpiling of vulnerabilities by governments is such a problem. This is an emerging pattern in 2017. We have seen vulnerabilities stored by the CIA show up on WikiLeaks, and now this vulnerability stolen from the NSA has affected customers around the world. Repeatedly, exploits in the hands of governments have leaked into the public domain and caused widespread damage. An equivalent scenario with conventional weapons would be the U.S. military having some of its Tomahawk missiles stolen. And this most recent attack represents a completely unintended but disconcerting link between the two most serious forms of cybersecurity threats in the world today – nation-state action and organized criminal action." "The governments of the world should treat this attack as a wake-up call. They need to ...

Full Stop Originally shared by G.K. Nelson I spent long decades learning American English punctuation. So if my use of a period at the end of a texted message offends you, consider it the stick-shaking of a cantankerous old man, my little snowflakes.

Tough To Chew Originally shared by David “not B” A - 1 in 5 Americans older than 65 do not have a single real tooth left - annually, over 2 million emergency room visits in the U.S. are related to major dental problems, which most emergency departments have no facilities to treat, so the problems are addressed with antibiotics and opioids). This costs over $1.6B per year. - the huge increase in use of prescription drugs, over the past few decades, has worsened dental problems as many drugs cause dry mouth, which leads to more cavities. This would be aside from the effects of a worsening diet. On another note: In case you were wondering, Canada may have a fairly decent public health system, but there's no dental coverage here either. You only get that through social assistance programs, or a union or employer's extended medical benefits. http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2017/05/13/the-painful-truth-about-teeth/?utm_term=.1f4edfe91d1b

A Parcel Of Rogues Steely Dan-A Parcel Of Rogues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLufwtSZiIs Rabbie Burns-Such A Parcel Of Rogues In A Nation: Fareweel to a' our Scottish fame, Fareweel our ancient glory; Fareweel ev'n to the Scottish name, Sae fam'd in martial story. Now Sark rins over Solway sands, An' Tweed rins to the ocean, To mark where England's province stands- Such a parcel of rogues in a nation! What force or guile could not subdue, Thro' many warlike ages, Is wrought now by a coward few, For hireling traitor's wages. The English steel we could disdain, Secure in valour's station; But English gold has been our bane - Such a parcel of rogues in a nation! O would, ere I had seen the day That Treason thus could sell us, My auld grey head had lien in clay, Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace! But pith and power, till my last hour, I'll mak this declaration; We're bought and sold for English gold- Such a parcel of rogues in a nation! Originally...

A/D Conversion I'm pretty sure I'm the only kid on the block that has a (borrowed) VHS with a TBC (Time Base Corrector). Roll tape!

Ruh Roh I am more and more convinced that our current President is of this ilk. Time to get on board the Mystery Bus, kids, and solve us some stuff. Free Scooby Snacks for all! Originally shared by Carolyn Curtis (Wenchkin)

Unbalanced Input Originally shared by giacomo bencistà 信濃川日出雄「少年よギターを抱け」 Via: http://holespoles.tumblr.com/post/160530323455/hideo-shinanogawa-we-cant-just-live-on-a

Eff That The Real Culture Wars, People. https://www.ford-trucks.com/articles/chevy-put-a-fake-oval-on-the-2019-silverado-test-mule/

Bugging Out Originally shared by Damn interesting Note: The auto-headline below is incorrect. Actual headline: Where have all the insects gone? http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/where-have-all-insects-gone

Wordless I have this book. It is powerful. Originally shared by giacomo bencistà «… The black-and-white woodcuts champion the struggle of working-class people in an emotionally charged, expressionistic style; the large A5 plates depict social hierarchies, the gulf between rich and poor, the objectification of women, tiresome bureaucracy, as well as fleeting moments of beauty…» http://eyeondesign.aiga.org/is-frans-masereels-the-city-the-first-graphic-novel/

Symbolic InB4 S4... #throwbackthursday

Originally shared by Hengki Koentjoro © 2017 ➤ Happy Vesak Day

Spooky Spaaace Kook! Originally shared by Carolyn Curtis (Wenchkin)

The Illuminatus Revealed The conclusion is a bit breathless and overstated. But this kind of data mining, used in the service of propaganda and gerrymandering, is very real. Like most skullduggery, it is a devious application of power to the vulnerable. It cannot be eliminated, but it can be revealed, and guarded against. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/07/the-great-british-brexit-robbery-hijacked-democracy

By George "AERIAL PETTING ENDS IN WETTING" http://fly.historicwings.com/2012/08/george-the-autopilot/

Who Is Responsible For George? It isn't so much identifying every possible cause of a complex system failure, as attempting to determine the likelihood, and who'll be holding the bag for disasters. Autopilots, for ships of air and sea, are commonly called George. Originally shared by G.K. Nelson As far as I'm concerned, the terrifying story of the day has nothing to do with Donald Trump. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/604087/the-dark-secret-at-the-heart-of-ai/?_utm_source=1-2-2

Cosmic Trigger RAW drama. Heh. We live in a world of the Illuminatus Trilogy and Bug Jack Barron. Originally shared by Al Tlön "Daisy Campbell’s version of Robert Anton Wilson’s cult book harks back to the counterculture era of conspiracies, hallucinogenic drugs and sinister rituals" https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/may/10/cosmic-trigger-ken-campbell-daughter-illuminatus-cockpit-theatre-robert-anton-wilson

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"Why don’t you want to be safer?” Why, indeed, sir... http://escondidograpevine.com/2017/03/12/duncan-hunters-town-hall-from-hell/

Ironic, Much? The lawmakers’ collective message: Fix your airlines, or expect to hear back from us. Said Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.: ‘‘How much do you hate the American people?’’ https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/05/09/fights-break-out-florida-airport-after-spirit-airlines-cancels-flights/9sceePHKZpOd3o5E5K0m6O/story.html

Ghosts Back In The Machine Originally shared by Randy Culler IBM, remote-work pioneer, is calling thousands of employees back to the office IBM had decided to “co-locate” the US marketing department, about 2,600 people, which meant that all teams would now work together, “shoulder to shoulder,” from one of six different locations—Atlanta, Raleigh, Austin, Boston, San Francisco, and New York. Employees who worked primarily from home would be required to commute, and employees who worked remotely or from an office that was not on the list (or an office that was on the list, but different than the one to which their teams had been assigned) would be required to either move or look for another job. Similar announcements had already been made in other departments, and more would be made in the future. https://qz.com/924167/ibm-remote-work-pioneer-is-calling-thousands-of-employees-back-to-the-office/

Inside The Box A detailed teardown and analysis of the RokBox 5. http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/lighting/rokbox/

RTFM Originally shared by Kevin Clarke (ksclarke) https://thinkprogress.org/chris-collins-mark-sanford-read-trumpcare-58c4aa5c01d4

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Originally shared by Norman Spinrad https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-unkempt-jeremiad/

Originally shared by Rick Wayne (Author) It is Un-American to say anything negative about being American. This is the definition of freedom. The following things are also Un-American: – Being unhappy – Burning the flag – Asking too many questions – Speaking in a language that isn’t English – Not loving dogs – Atheism – Ingratitude https://theoffingmag.com/essay/20-lessons-american/

Calling Captain Crunch via David Archer Originally shared by PCMag Unreal. http://www.pcmag.com/news/353525/phone-hack-drains-german-bank-accounts

Mark DK For Don't Know Nothing... https://mobile.twitter.com/TomiLahren/status/860211604712849408

Originally shared by Richard Bensam This is a headline in May 2017. Not September 1947. Not April 1954. This is today. And it's happening in a city and a state completely controlled by Democrats, so don't even try to pin this on Trump and the GOP. Eliminating and stigmatizing and intimidating any form of leftism is the shared work of both major parties. They differ in their methods, usually, but the goal is the same. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/nyregion/a-principal-is-accused-of-being-a-communist-rattling-a-brooklyn-school.html?smid=tw-share

Originally shared by Glenn Arthur May the 4th be with you! I couldn't resist trying to turn one of my hummingbirds into Darth Humming-Maul! Hahaha. #MayThe4thBeWithYou #DarthMaul #StarWars #Watercolor #Ink #Hummingbird #GlennArthurArt

Black Box Cutting edge ENG audio mixer from the 80s... From the case damage, it might have been used as a news van chock block. But it still works, and only cost $20. #throwbackthursday

Originally shared by Jürgen Hubert 'Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.' - Margaret Atwood http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/jury-convicts-virginia-woman-for-laughing-during-jeff-sessions-confirmation-hearing/

What We Got Mo' Hippa' Than Whatchoo Got... Get Out The Way, Let The Gentlemen Do Their Thang... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSDyh36miqY

Getting Carded Originally shared by Damn interesting https://melmagazine.com/there-is-a-fake-idgod-and-he-lives-in-china-641bdfd9745a

The Floating Castle Originally shared by Damn interesting https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/may/02/where-oil-rigs-go-to-die

Read My Lips With Attitude... http://www.wral.com/no-vulgar-police-singing-encounter-at-raleigh-restaurant-police-say/16680160/

Originally shared by **** DJT Rolls Out The New National Anthem Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en1uwIzI3SE

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ISS Dawntreader Heading for sunrise over St. John's and the Grand Banks.

Originally shared by Ray Radlein Lèse-Majesté https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/5/2/15518574/desiree-fairooz-justice-department

No Way Out Putting Labor disputes on ICE... “I didn’t want [Mexicans],” Beecher, who died in 2014, told Fink. “Mexicans will go back home at Christmastime. You’re going to lose them for six weeks. And in the poultry business you can’t afford that. You just can’t do it. But Guatemalans can’t go back home. They’re here as political refugees. If they go back home, they get shot.” Shelton approved hiring the immigrants, Beecher said, and when the plant was fully staffed and production had doubled “he was tickled to death.” Originally shared by The New Yorker In 2015, when a machine at Case Farms’ plant ripped off the leg of 17-year-old Osiel López Pérez, his supervisors suddenly became concerned about his immigration status. http://nyer.cm/CtjzeTz

Tape Hiss Originally shared by Kam-Yung Soh Still no good solution to archiving. "These days, the major studios and film archives largely rely on a magnetic tape storage technology known as LTO, or linear tape-open, to preserve motion pictures. When the format first emerged in the late 1990s, it seemed like a great solution. The first generation of cartridges held an impressive 100 gigabytes of uncompressed data; the latest, LTO-7, can hold 6 terabytes uncompressed and 15 TB compressed. Housed properly, the tapes can have a shelf life of 30 to 50 years. While LTO is not as long-lived as polyester film stock, which can last for a century or more in a cold, dry environment, it’s still pretty good. The problem with LTO is obsolescence. Since the beginning, the technology has been on a Moore’s Law–like march that has resulted in a doubling in tape storage densities every 18 to 24 months. As each new generation of LTO comes to market, an older generation of LTO becomes obsolete. LTO m...

They're Both Old, Now It's hard to be old, and edgy... Originally shared by giacomo bencistà Via: http://danismm.tumblr.com/post/159947098284/the-difference