11 Aug
2004
11 Aug
'04
9:43 a.m.
Rumor has it that Jules Richardson may have mentioned these words:
[snip]
Same goes for any line termination issues; archivists
would not be daft
enough to transfer data from one medium to the next and then destroy the
original (or if they did destroy the original, they'd be damned sure
that the copy matched the original *exactly* first). Whilst the average
person does make silly mistakes and then typically learns from them, I'd
expect anyone preserving or dealing with historical data to have a few
more smarts about them in the first place!
Rule #1: *Never* underestimate the power of human stupidity.
Rule #2: If you ever forget this, look at the people who run your country.
Rule #3: If you wonder about the sanity of Rule #2, remember, for most
countries on this earth, *you put 'em there.*
;-)
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
P.S. What was that one museum quoted recently that didn't give a ratz rump
about keeping their computers running (CHM was it?) but gutted 'em, put
lightstrings around them and said "lookey-here." Remember, *they* are our
archivists... [[Hopefully, we can change that, but it's a downhill slide,
my friend... ;-) ]]
--
Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
zmerch(a)30below.com
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