Malcolm Unger wrote: This brings up a good question, what will potentially damage data on a memory card. I'm not talking about water or stepping on the card. Will magnetic field mess with the information at all? There must be some limitations, I can't imagine that photos on a card right now will be on there 200 years from now. Hmmmm this question has be very curious now.
garyrhook wrote:
Malcolm Unger wrote: This brings up a good question, what will potentially damage data on a memory card. I'm not talking about water or stepping on the card. Will magnetic field mess with the information at all? There must be some limitations, I can't imagine that photos on a card right now will be on there 200 years from now. Hmmmm this question has be very curious now.
Why not? Do you understand how SD card storage works?
Data is saved on them without some form of electricity. That implies permanence.
I don't think that magnetic fields affect SD cards. I could be wrong but don't feel like going to Wikipedia to look it up (hint, hint).
Malcolm Unger wrote: When you format a memory card, all that data is zapped away, which means this isn't permanent. Right? Or am I mistaken? Which means there are things that can wipe the card clean. Like I said, interesting stuff!
Matt Nguyen wrote: I wouldn't only because of the possibility of losing the memory card would be a big concern of mine. They are so easy to misplace as it is!
Matt Nguyen wrote: I wouldn't only because of the possibility of losing the memory card would be a big concern of mine. They are so easy to misplace as it is!
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