data rot

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/technology/personaltech/26pogue-email.html?_r=1&8cir&emc=cir

A good article on an important topic. As an amateur history buff and fanatic personal archivist, I constantly worry about this. I would think that this would be a poerfect joint project for the National Archives, the Library of Congress and the National Bureau of Standards.