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----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Devers" <cdevers at pobox.com> > On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Mark J. Dulcey wrote: > > > [an excellent overview of the issues surrounding data archiving on both > > tape and optical media, and how both offer serious problems] > > /me looks back longingly at good old papyrus scrolls > > I'd just *love* to know what historians will think of this era 500 or 1000 > years from now. [snip] > It would be a great irony if our era ends up becoming a black hole in the > historical record, and all because we thought that things like tapes, cds, > and digital watches were a pretty neat idea... Chris, I'll let you know how it turns out. Bill "If I can't take it with me, I won't go"(tm) Horne
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