Anno domini 2021 Tue, 17 Aug 03:21:37 -0400
Steve Litt scripsit:
> o1bigtenor via Dng said on Mon, 16 Aug 2021 15:54:48 -0500
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> >As I manage to collect some 25 to 40 GB of pdfs and notes in an
> >'normal' year paper lost its appeal some 30 years ago.
> >I would likely need to hire a couple people just to store maintain and
> >index the information - - - if you're paying I'll start tomorrow.
>
> Very true, but the other side of the story is that I have my 1955
> Kindergarten booklet on "Our Trip to the Zoo" in my memory box. I
> have my 1966 Junior Year Thesis on making boxing safer in that memory
> box, along with the selfie I took in 1965 with my Brownie Hawkeye
> camera. I have the entire set of WLS Silver Dollar Surveys, on paper,
> from 1963, including the one that came out the day Kennedy was killed.
>
> On the other hand, I've lost some of my digital writings due to
> obsolescence of hardware and software. I think the earliest backups I
> can still read are 1999. If I want one of my writings to be read fifty
> years after my death, I'll print it, because heaven knows who will be
> able to read HTML, SVG, PDF and ePub 50 years from now, let alone read
> files off that ancient "Linux" OS.
>
> I'm obviously not saying I should print everything. The docs in my
> computer would fill my house and three more like it if I printed them
> all, and the toner cartridges and paper would cost me six or seven
> figures. I'm just saying there's a place for paper.

My lawyer prints every email on paper and stores it in a physical folder. And no, he's not 99 :)

I've lost all my earier works on amiga and plus4 due to bitrotting - I sold the hardware when I realised everyting on floppy dodn't even last some years.

Nik

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