If scanning involves destroying or harming the books, which it does, and future technologies can scan the pages without actually opening the books, then it's clear which solution I would choose. In many cases we have extra books though.
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 3:48 PM, David Goodman <[email protected]> wrote: > That is like saying, . Why should i backup my computer now, when there > will be high capacity media in a few years, or when the next version > of the OS will do it automatically. > > or, more closely, > why should a books scanning project even be bothered with now. In > future generation we might well have scanners that will do it much > more efficiently without opening the books. > > > > David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG > > > > On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Brian <[email protected]> wrote: > > My technology/power of community inspired opinion is that we don't need > to > > worry about that problem right now. We could recreate all the content in > > short order were all the datacenters simultaneously struck by asteroids, > and > > more feasible long-term storage solutions will present themselves in the > > next few decades. Anything we do right now is just going to get replaced. > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
