It's IMO up to a holder to insure legibility. If this means transferring documents from VMS tape storage to 120 meg floppy to CD to DVD to holographic 3D, so be it. Or even laser etching on metal sheets!
Having monks copy and illuminate documents on parchment might be too much... Book of Kells -- Book of Dells? Nah. Cortland KA5S > [Original Message] > From: John Woodgate <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 8/25/2010 2:24:30 PM > Subject: Re: document retention > > In message > <of5ed53e02.6d19963f-on8825778a.0057bebc-8825778a.00583...@slpower.com>, > dated Wed, 25 Aug 2010, [email protected] writes: > > >No, John, you missed it. It's on a *server* now. Ready for transfer > >to the media-of-the-moment -- DVD, Blu-Ray, X-ray, holographic image, > >bubble memory, ... > > Noted. But the server itself won't survive till 2060. > > > >Actually, I think the problem in the year 2060 might be "Where can you > >find an Intel computer to run Windows to run Adobe Reader?" > > Indeed: that's what happened to the Domesday Project; a few hardware > units survived but the reproduction software didn't. > -- > OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk > John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK > If at first you don't succeed, delegate. > But I support unbloated email http://www.asciiribbon.org/ - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
