Blown to Bits ch. 3 reflection (hw oct 14 and oct 17)

• Do you think the need for file compression will always be needed, considering the advances in data storage, the speed of computers, and speed of the Internet?
• Yes, because while there is an every growing improvement in technology there is also going to be a large increase in users on the internet. The challenge is going to be maintaining enough servers and connectivity to be able to keep internet fast and reliable for everyone. I think that a part of that is compressing files to keep them small and traffic fast.
• Data formats are constantly changing. What challenges does this present for historians? For a given document, movie, or audio file, what are all the component pieces that need to be preserved along with it?
• VCR is not even in the distant past yet it is nearly impossible to find a VCR player. Not to mention if a song is on a cassette tape, forget about finding a player. This old technology and the progression of modern technology make it hard for historians to uncover old artifacts since they might lack the supporting components to view the artifacts. They basically need to preserve one of everything to ensure that there is something to view old technology on. 
• There is concern about Microsoft’s de-facto “.doc” format. Do similar concerns exist for cloud services such as Cloud Data formats and Cloud APIs? What are some such APIs and what will the dangers be if those de-facto standards are adopted?
• No I do not think that Cloud Data formats will be a big deal or share the same concerns mainly because data formats often automatically adjust or offer other methods to access documents, so for an average person it doesn't effect their lives. More than that though it is hard to transfer government files to cloud data formats and that might be a concern for the future.