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== [[Anime]] ==
* ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'': Spike and Jet hunt through esoteric tech shops, black markets and ancient ruins, to chase down a working Betamax, which is so scarce even avid collectors don't have hope of seeing one in their lifetime. They have a tape that supposedly holds clues to Faye's
** When you put the number together to find out that it was recorded in {{spoiler|2010}}, you find yourself questioning where they got it from to begin with, and why they would be using it to make a video time capsule instead of any other recording medium found in modern society. Even in 1998 when the anime was made, DVDs had already become mainstream, and VHS video recorders were still commonplace to find. Betamax has been pretty much impossible to find since the early 90's.
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* This has been a significant problem for the US military as the try to upgrade their computers yet keep compatibility with tech that may be 60 years old. One case study is the the schematics for the nuclear aircraft carriers, which when read were displaying dotted lines as solid and other such glitches.
** Military maps are prone to this. The [[wikipedia:World Geodetic System|World Geodetic System]], is the basis for all military maps used by most modern armed forces. The modern US military and most of NATO are on WGS 84. Our allies and some countries use older versions. Units can get lost, maps that don't match, weapons and navigation systems that can't talk to each other, it adds to [[Jurisdiction Friction]].
** It's not just software and hardware that falls victim to
* 3 1/2 inch floppy disks are getting to this state, and 5 1/4 are pretty much already there unless you're an enthusiast.
** And just forget about 8-inch disks!
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