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Article #21Re: Keeping track of paper files
From: Steve Hayes
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:56
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:56
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On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:35:09 -0400, Brian <drmorrisnospam@comcast.net> wrote: >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. > >And some think that CD's and DVD's will only last for 20-30 years. I have some CDs that are unreadable after 8 years. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk
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