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Article #16Re: Keeping track of paper files
From: Lesley Robertson
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:21
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:21
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"Brian" <drmorrisnospam@comcast.net> wrote in message news:2q2756h9qlc3nj2e8j2fc1po8j84gcrf20@4ax.com... > On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:34:29 -0400, Wes Groleau > <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote: > > >>A hundred years fom now, even though most people can't, there will >>be >>experts that know how to read floppy disks, just like we have >>experts >>that can read cuneiform and hieroglyphics. >> >>So I have no worries about that. I can however, guarantee that >>a hundred years from now, _no_one_ will be able to use my paper >>copies, unless they want to take one paper at a time, figure out >>what it is, figure out how to file it and index it, etc. > > That is probably true but it will be very expensive to do so. Leave them well sorted and filed now? It's taking a while but we're managing with the files in the Archive. You have to make them want to do it... > > And some think that CD's and DVD's will only last for 20-30 years. I have some that have only lasted 4. I'm told that the ones with the gold-coloured finish last better than the silvery ones. Lesley Robertson
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