I certainly didn't until I read it just now.
'... the issue of data corruption is even more urgent ... In warm, humid conditions, CDs and DVDs experience literal rot ... If you're lucky, they'll last fifteen years. Some technicians say six. There there is "bit rot": digital files degarsd as they lose their magnetic orientation, and the magnetic bit strength on hard drives gradually fades as well. Technicians advise re copying to a new format every five years. They point out that the computer industry is dedicated to planned obsolescence; one writer recommended that if you really want to preserve document, use paper and ink.' (Ink; Culture, Wonder, and Our Relationship with the Written Word, Ted Bishop, 2014, Toronto, Penguin, pages 247-248)
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