On Tuesday 20 February 2007 03:35, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: > On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 12:27 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > What electronic data storage is in existence that can be guaranteed to be > > read even one century ahead? You need power. You need electronics, > > technology... if the technology crumbles, would we be able to regenerate > > it, or would be the needed technology be written in discs and > > unavailable? > > And for 1500 years no one could read ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, > carved in stone. Maybe there will be no humans in the future to read our > backups. Better train those simians!
It is okay - Charlton Heston will be there to help them decipher our writings. -- kai Free Compean and Ramos http://www.perfectreign.com/?q=node/46 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
