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 > > > >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 > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful > Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
