• IBM patents idea of making your files worse over time
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[quote] Digital documents have, in IBM's view, a notable disadvantage. If the data is not corrupted, the data remains the same for as long as it exists. However, there is now an idea how to change that. IBM refers to this particular invention as an "aging file system" that simulates a natural aging process to documents printed on paper. For example this aging process could be automatically applied to .doc, .jpg or .gif files, a patent filing states. According to IBM, there is a need for a new kind of filing system that "automatically and selectively ages files contained therein such that the files themselves are caused to age with time and are not maintained in their originally stored state." IBM even says that "there is a need to provide such an aging function to apply automatically to all files stored on the filing system without requiring a continuing user monitoring effort." Imagine your surprise when, a couple decades from now, you see your digital pictures that have been automatically exposed to an artificial aging process and now deliver only a fraction of the quality they once did. We wonder, if that aging process could also apply UV, water and fire damage to a statistically correct portion of your image data and documents. Imagine facing a tax audit a few years from now and having to tell the IRS that your documents have been aged automatically and were lost due to a statistical fire. Brilliant! Let's not stop here and imagine the Library of Congress a few thousand years from now in the same light as the ancient library of Alexandria. I wonder if IBM could find ways to automatically decompose digital files? You can find the details of the invention in detail here. And yes, IBM appears to be completely serious about this one and we hear that the company may already be in negotiations to sell it in the next wholesale package to Google.[/quote] Source: [url]http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ibm-file-degradation-aging-patent,14060.html[/url] I love this idea I hope one day i turn on my computer and it doesn't start cause its too corrupt.
WOW Isn't this destroying the point of digital documents and photos, we have them on our computers so they are safe forever?
what is the purpose of this
woah so i get to like fuck up people's computers without even trying now? fun.
what the fuck
[QUOTE=Cuel;33430999]what is the purpose of this[/QUOTE] Make it so that data in the cloud will degrade overtime thus enabling the right to charge people to refresh data
well atleast now we don't have to worry about apple doing this and having you buy something to repair the files :P
Well that is fucking lame.
You could argue this could be a security feature - ie have a file destroyed at a certain date when it's guaranteed that it'll no longer be of any use or too risky to keep.
Isn't that the exact opposite of the purpose of digital documents- so that the data will be in mint( perfectly legible) condition for long amounts of time?
[QUOTE=Teddi Orange;33431033]You could argue this could be a security feature - ie have a file destroyed at a certain date when it's guaranteed that it'll no longer be of any use or too risky to keep.[/QUOTE] Suddenly it sounds cool. Plant virus that sends you all the victim's furry stuff and then degrades the original virus into nothing.
[QUOTE=marcus5;33431035] for long amounts of time?[/QUOTE] Don't you mean till the hard drive is corrupt?
[QUOTE=Sickle;33431047][B]Plant virus that sends you all the victim's furry stuff [/B]and then degrades the original virus into nothing.[/QUOTE] I'm not quite sure why anyone would ever want to do that :v:.
This brilliant feature will be free of charge for everyone and automatically on, and removeable for a small fee of $100 monthly.
[QUOTE=Teddi Orange;33431051]I'm not quite sure why anyone would ever want to do that :v:.[/QUOTE] dickheads and deputaunts would.
Why, fucking why
Could it be used to stop the regeneration of old, unwanted documents in a very large cloud, to conserve space? Kind of like how libraries get rid of books that aren't borrowed for absoultely ages. Of course, it's going to be used for loads of emone, instead.
Sounds more like they want to alter the way a file is stored over time, not degrade the quality if the file. Like compressing unused files over time, but a little more advanced.
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[quote]"there is a need to provide such an aging function to apply automatically to all files stored on the filing system without requiring a continuing user monitoring effort."[/quote] [quote]"there is a need to provide such an aging function to apply automatically"[/quote] [quote]"there is a need to provide such an aging"[/quote] [quote]"there is a need"[/quote] No there is not. Stop lying.
what would the point be in this? why break something that is allready perfect?
This sounds cool from a technical point of view, but I cannot work out why you would want this at all.
[QUOTE=legolover122;33431106]what would the point be in this? why break something that is allready perfect?[/QUOTE] To extort money from customers. That's the only thing I can think of.
why would anyone want this
completely pointless but nonetheless novel Imagine if you could download an original shareware version of Quake, and the Readmes are written on scrolls and faded ink.
Sounds great, I'm definitely getting this along with my automatic self groin kicker and my hat with needles directed towards my head inside it.
[QUOTE=one free man;33431178]completely pointless but nonetheless novel Imagine if you could download an original shareware version of Quake, and the Readmes are written on scrolls and faded ink.[/QUOTE] And the game would take place in the middle ages instead.
i interpreted this as like if you view a digital document from 100 years ago, it would be all brown and aged looking this is what they are implying... right?
I could see businesses making pretty good use of this. During my accounting internship, I was tasked with going up into the storage attic, and shredding old files that were 5+ years old. Hypothetically speaking, if they ever went paperless (They're a local nonprofit so that is unlikely), an aging system could clean out records after a certain period. It'd be great, because accounting standards require that you keep documents a certain period of time, but then after they period they can be disposed of. In a paperless company, where all documents and reports are stored digitally, this can save a lot of time and effort, as it will automatically clear out documents, as opposed to someone having to go in and manually clean it out. So yeah, this is actually a pretty good idea. I guess this assumes aging would involve naturally deleting as opposed to just making it look shitty. And now that I think about it, something like what I just said probably exists anyway. I'm tired.
So, if we used this, LMAO pics would actually get some new content?
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