On Apr 29, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Brian Jones (Trancendance) <[email protected]> wrote:
> Of course, given the growth in storage capacity being brought about by > nanotechnologies, graphene and other such materials, and the proportionally > reducing amount of data that it will take to store books, it is conceivable > that all (future) books will be available, if not for immediate purchase, for > retrieval from a library archive. I know that the British Library has a long > running digitisation and archiving project, although some past texts and > recordings are just too old and fragile to be converted, and it is likely > that eventually these will be lost forever. You miss the point, as techno types often do. There's a business model that must be considered. Even if it's SUPER cheap, it's still a cost, and if you're not making money, dump the cost. Best, R.E.F. ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
