__/ [ Stephen Fairchild ] on Thursday 08 June 2006 14:33 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> PS - electronic medium does not get stained, yellowish hues, or becomes
>> creased. It retains perfection over the years.
>
> If you really want to archive something you need to chisel it in granite
> and
> keep it away from frost and rain. Bits get flipped. Hard drives die.
You can mirror and duplicate then. *smile*
It's one thing that I find very difficult with everything which is in
physical form. As a matter of fact, I had things stolen in the past. They
were not replaceable. Another thing which I find difficult to do with
physcial object is hierachical filing, sorting, and searching.
With kind regards,
Roy
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