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Digital dark age? gambling with humankind's knowledge
Title
Digital dark age? [electronic resource (video)] : gambling with humankind's knowledge / German United Distributors.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2005], c2002.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (53 min.) : sd., col., digital.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 12, 2005.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Compact and portable, digitized information is an attractive alternative to bulky books, analog media, and emulsion-based photographs-but can it stand the test of time? In this program, Stewart Brand, co-inventor of the TCP/IP Internet protocol, and others in the know assess the rapid proliferation of digitization; confront the alarming risk of massive data loss through technology obsolescence, platform incompatibilities, and storage media degradation; explore the potentially catastrophic impact of data loss on cultural identity; and outline some of the efforts being made to stave off a digital dark age.
Variant and related titles
Gambling with humankind's knowledge
Films on demand.
Other formats
Original produced: German United Distributors, 2002
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Contents
Changes in Recording History (4:28)
Digital Continuity (4:46)
Compact Discs (5:44)
How Long Can Data Be Safely Stored? (3:33)
Paradigm Shift (5:46)
History of Computers and Emulation (5:01)
Migration and Film Digitization (3:06)
Preserving for Prosterity (4:51)
Deciphering Data (4:48)
Rosetta Disc (4:30)
Preserving the Culture's Identity (4:48)
Videorecording number
33079 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
German United Distributors.
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