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Re:Undeveloped Film from a Soldier in WWII Discovered and Pr... by EToS on Saturday January 17, 2015 @12:15PM (#8904803)
reading articles like this where SD cards have survived being boiled, trampled, washed and dunked in coffee or cola, makes me think its not impossible for certain SD cards stored in the right conditions to last possibly centuries

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3939333.stm

Re:Undeveloped Film from a Soldier in WWII Discovered and Pr... by DanBC on Saturday January 17, 2015 @12:19PM (#8904814)
It's great they're so robust.

That article is a bit irresonsible and might lead people to think they don't need a back up or an archive store.