28 Aug
2011
28 Aug
'11
9:03 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Cisin" <cisin at xenosoft.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: scarcity of digital preservation efforts - was Re: eBay...
Yikes!
We've always written in sand.
But now we're melting it, because we think that silicon lasts.
It lasts longer then something in RAM when the power goes out.
Humans have not been storing this amount of information for very long, it is
new to us. I figure in 100 years we will have mastered the art of storing
everything in a way that will be the easiest to get lost permanently so the
digital paper pushers of that era can re patent everything and make more
money (while people try to figure out how to make a wheel and start fires
all over again).
We're writing the history of our civilization in
sand.
What's new?