-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Leif B. Kristensen wrote: > On Wednesday 12. July 2006 21:03, Marco Bizzarri wrote: >> Long term archival of electronic data is a BIG problem in the >> archivist community. I remember, a few years ago, a paper >> describing the problem of historical (20+ years old) data which >> were running the risk of being lost simply because of lacking >> of proper hardware. > > I've been reading probate protocols from the 17th century in > original, which are still in perfect condition. It's quite a > contrast to the present discussion, talking about a few decades. > It's very serious, really. A few centuries from now, our age may > appear as a black hole in history, because of our monumental lack > of care in the preservation of contemporary data. I wonder if the 9/11 Commission Report was printed on acid-free paper. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEtXBzS9HxQb37XmcRAupGAJ9fR8y85KCRfg6tXkijIn2VA2viNQCgv6Jt tJWmGlEgH46ctno1Ghoj/Ow= =OK8Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
