-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2007-02-19 at 22:54 -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Monday 19 February 2007 17:12, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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Paper has a proven track record ;-)
But it's not without its own vulnerabilities. It gets eaten by bugs and mold, becomes brittle, fades and / or discolors, is quite susceptible to heat etc.
Of course. But those things we can prevent, and has been done so for centuries. For catastrophes, redundancy. What electronic data storage is in existence that can be guaranteed to be read even one century ahead? You need power. You need electronics, technology... if the technology crumbles, would we be able to regenerate it, or would be the needed technology be written in discs and unavailable? DVDs can be eaten by bacteria or mold. They can burn. They are susceptible to heat and light. The degrade on their own (ie, they fade). Hold on... didn't you say that of paper? ;-) Ok, magnetic storage, then. Uh, oh... what about catastrophic electromagnetic pulses? Everything erased in a single blow! - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFF2ts5tTMYHG2NR9URAszjAJwP1E46DAdCgJXKHhtVsUPF4BkmggCdFDdk YSntsHpUBGj4O/SdCPyU80U= =u1XY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org