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Re: [SLE] [OT...sort of]Hardcopy or electronic books?
- From: Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 02:34:51 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <200511221834.47388.rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
Carlos,
On Tuesday 22 November 2005 11:20, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> The Tuesday 2005-11-22 at 07:12 -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > ....
>
> Neither do I.
>
> But saving our precious data (knowledge, history, whatever) _only_ in
> somekind of electronic media could be dangerous in the
> very-long-term. Perhaps there is need to safekeep in paper or
> something as durable, and use in crystalmemorycube or whatever.
Well, paper really burns easily and it's ruined by water, too. It's not
hard to come up with electronic media that would be more durable in the
face of various catastrophes than paper is.
Is time a catastrophe? Sort of...
> ...
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Carlos Robinson
Randall Schulz
On Tuesday 22 November 2005 11:20, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> The Tuesday 2005-11-22 at 07:12 -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > ....
>
> Neither do I.
>
> But saving our precious data (knowledge, history, whatever) _only_ in
> somekind of electronic media could be dangerous in the
> very-long-term. Perhaps there is need to safekeep in paper or
> something as durable, and use in crystalmemorycube or whatever.
Well, paper really burns easily and it's ruined by water, too. It's not
hard to come up with electronic media that would be more durable in the
face of various catastrophes than paper is.
Is time a catastrophe? Sort of...
> ...
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Carlos Robinson
Randall Schulz
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