[game_preservation] Long-Term Storage

[Captain Commando]

Big battleships also provoke the 'Death Star Syndrome', though this isn't
applicable to this analogy :) Well, except for the logic that it costs a LOT
less to build several smaller ships that combined together can do the same
as, if not more, damage than one big battleship (also check the hard drive
prices above - the largest drive is more expensive). So for the cost of your
Yamato, you can have ten cruisers that can be just as if not more effective
(the only downside is you can't promote your politico-military power around
ten small ships!). In addition, battleships use smaller vessels like
cruisers and destroyers as a protection screen (same with carriers, btw).
These smaller ships provide support for what would otherwise be holes in the
defense system - one big battleship cannot do it all :) (and let's not
forget how important having a good crew is!)

Regarding OSX... Actually, I'm running NTSF drives on my computer and I'm
reading and writing to them. I installed a piece of software that recognizes
them as network drives (either that, or the latest updates now support it).

In terms of compatibility though, NTSF is quite high, though it's
proprietary. As a result, it might be best to go with a more sustainable
open-source model (it would be cheaper for one thing!), but there's no
telling how the situation is going to be ten years from now, though I bet
there will still be Linux support.

This also brings up a question regarding the black vault archives... Are you
aloud to test the software to make sure it's actually working? I mean, it
sure would suck if, 80 years down the road, they pen up the vaults and none
of the games actually work!

-- 
The sleep of Reason produces monsters.

"Until next time..."
Captain Commando
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