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Image of mrgibblechip mrgibblechip 03/23/10
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if there's one thing about memory [forever] it's that i'll never forget it.
thanks guys!
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@mrgibblechip: What's memory forever?

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@bill cant fart: have you been living under a rock for the past week?
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Image of jeevesofRKdia, uh.... jeevesofRKdia, uh.... 03/23/10
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@mrgibblechip: *sigh* I think you forgot to check if your sarcasm meter was broken. :P

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@bill cant fart: You know, I thought I knew what it was, but I think I forgot already.

Damn...

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Memory Lane

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Memory is a fickle thing. As far as my brain is concerned, I didn't exist before age three. Remembering four or five is easier, but there are holes. Thankfully, all it takes are some voyeuristic navigation tools to fill them. More »
Memory Forever
03/21/10
34,67134,671 views on this post, 1,433 new visitors
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By Jack Loftus
#memoryforvever Click here to read Delay Line Memory: How Computers Remembered Before RAM

Delay Line Memory: How Computers Remembered Before RAM

Before there was random access memory, there was delay line memory. It was random in a different sense; it involved turning electrical pulses into sound waves, sending them through long tubes of mercury, and re-electrifying them at the other end. More »
Memory Forever
03/20/10
39,30439,304 views on this post, 5,639 new visitors
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By Kyle VanHemert
#memoryforever Click here to read When You're Convinced Your Loved Ones Are Imposters

When You're Convinced Your Loved Ones Are Imposters

You're looking at a woman who resembles your mother. She moves and talks like your mother, and she's even dressed the same as your mother. In fact, she is your mother. But you're absolutely certain that she's an imposter. More »
Memory Forever
03/20/10
29,25729,257 views on this post, 978 new visitors
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By Kyle VanHemert
#memoryforever Click here to read Microsoft SenseCam Review: What It's Like to Record Your Whole Life

Microsoft SenseCam Review: What It's Like to Record Your Whole Life

Imagine a format that lies somewhere between photos and video, and a device that takes that format automatically, without you having to click a button. Microsoft's SenseCam is a prototype that hangs around your neck, lifecasting everything you see. More »
Memory Forever
03/20/10
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By Kat Hannaford
#howto

How To: Hide Your "Collection"

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All this talk about preserving digital legacies got me thinking: What about the bits we don't want to leave behind? Y'know, the risqué material? Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about. More »
Memory Forever
03/20/10
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By John Herrman
#memoryforever

The Life and Death of the Rolodex

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Just a few years ago there were no virtual social networks, no synchronized address books, and no smartphones. But people had social networks and phones, and they had to memorize and organize thousands of contacts. Or have a Rolodex. More »
Memory Forever
03/20/10
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By Anna Jane Grossman
#memoryforever Click here to read Does Our DNA Carry the Memories of Our Ancestors?

Does Our DNA Carry the Memories of Our Ancestors?

It seems like something out of a movie (and hey, it is), but there's some scientific evidence that we actually carry the memories of our ancestors with us in our genetic code. Apologies in advance to my hypothetical descendants. More »
Memory Forever
03/20/10
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By Brian Barrett
#memoryforever Click here to read Halley's Comet, Or Why We Need Photographs

Halley's Comet, Or Why We Need Photographs

We say pictures can't replace memories, but when Halley's Comet last swooped across the sky, many of us were too young to care. Our next chance to see it—about 50 years from now—will be probably be our last. More »
Memory Forever
03/19/10
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By Rosa Golijan
#memoryforever

Night of the Gun: Remembering Only What We Can Stand To Remember

Click here to read <i>Night of the Gun</i>: Remembering Only What We Can Stand To Remember
Before David Carr was my favorite NY Times columnist, he was an asshole. More »
Memory Forever
03/19/10
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By David Carr
#tgif Click here to read The Five Stages of Data Loss Grief

The Five Stages of Data Loss Grief

So your hard drive just died, and you didn't back it up. I'm so, so sorry. You can expect to go through the following five stages once you discover that all of your photos, files and music are gone forever. More »
Memory Forever
03/19/10
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By Adam Frucci
#memoryforever

The Future of Storage

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If you take the guts of a Blu-ray or DVD player, blow it up, and spread it across a work bench, it looks like this. So you might be surprised to know that you're looking at the future of storage. More »
Memory Forever
03/19/10
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By John Herrman & Matt Buchanan
#lego

My Childhood Memories Live In Lego's Underground Secure Vault

Nothing brings up memories as smells do. In my case, it's the smell of plastic. Thousands of little colorful plastic pieces in cardboard boxes. Literally, all those memories live in a secure, temperature- and humidity-controlled, fireproof archival vault in Denmark. More »
Memory Forever
03/19/10
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By Jesus Diaz
#blockquote

A War Photographer's Storage Casualties

The size and quality of digital photographs has exploded over the last 10 years. So, we asked our friend and war photographer, Teru Kuwayama, how his storage and backup system has changed to accommodate the data boom. More »
Memory Forever
03/19/10
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By matt buchanan
#memoryforever

Nostalgia vs. Digital Reality: The Perils of Permanent Perfect Memory

It's easy to claim that the stuff you liked as a kid was way better than the crap kids watch today, because you haven't seen it in years. But now you can, in better quality, even. Does it hold up?
Memory Forever
03/19/10
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By Adam Frucci
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Bill Nye the Science Guy: Don't Worry, Your Phone Isn't Making You Dumb

Click here to read Bill Nye the Science Guy: Don't Worry, Your Phone Isn't Making You Dumb
Talking with Bill Nye the Science Guy is like meeting your favorite HS science teacher in a bar—the conversation might flail wildly, but you learn something at every twist. This week, I picked his brain about, well, brains. More »
Memory Forever
03/19/10
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By Wilson Rothman
#retromodo Click here to read Old Websites Sure Are Embarrassing

Old Websites Sure Are Embarrassing

The Wayback Machine offers an incredible catalog of what the web once was. But unlike that beloved Polaroid of your dad donning tweed and an afro, anyone can access the skeletons in your digital closet, anytime. Here's our peek wayback. More »
Memory Forever
03/19/10
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By Mark Wilson
#memoryforever

"Last summer, I forgot my friend Norman’s birthday."

Memory Forever
03/19/10
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Nasal Spray Chills and Saves Brains After Cardiac Arrest

Consciousness lost, breathing stopped, pulse gone. Someone just slipped into cardiac arrest. In order to preserve the precious memories and thoughts at risk right now, we're gonna have to squirt some perfluorocarbon coolant up a nose and chill a brain. More »
Memory Forever
03/18/10
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By Rosa Golijan
#rant

Hey, Put Down Your Goddamn Camera

There's something to be said for watching a concert with your own eyes, not mediated by the lens of a camera or the fuzzy screen of a cellphone, compulsively trying to capture it forever. More »
Memory Forever
03/18/10
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By matt buchanan
#memoryforever

This May Be The Only Existing Video of Mark Twain

There's little action, no sound, and the footage is grainy. But this brief clip may be the only existing video of writer Mark Twain and his daughters Clara and Jean. It was captured in 1909 by inventor Thomas Edison. More »
Memory Forever
03/18/10
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By Rosa Golijan
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