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Perhaps the historians who are worried about these things could be documenting the modern world in a way they think will be accessible? On 4/3/07, William Fidell <william@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > stinga wrote: > > On 03/04/07 09:53:40, Simon Robert wrote: > >> And I have heard interviews with historians who are seriously worried > >> that the digital age will not be accessable in the same way the > >> paper/clay/papirus eras are. > >> > >> Simon > > > > I am not surprised, have you tried to store a 9gb film on papyrus? :-) > > > > I suppose historians will be worried, I mean anyone will be able to > > look at them without having to make appointments and wear white gloves, > > just think of all those jollys they will be deined having to fly to > > another part of world just to look at a document! > > If I was a historian, I would be worried, it would be much harded for > > me to build a power empire... > > > > :-) > > > > BTW: I do know what you mean. > > > > It is an interesting thought though:- Recovering old harddrives, from > presumably landfill, and trying to reconstruct the data. I doubt the > success rate would be high but it could provide a unique insight into > peoples' personal lives. > > Another thought is that we tend to think of our modern lives being so > well documented that there will be nothing left to find out. However, > if this information is stored on archaic medium (from a future point of > view) will it be that easy to read. > > Perhaps because we do think of the records being so extensive and well > kept we take less care of the data? > > To digress even further, there are many biographies containing the > letters and diaries of people - which I have always thought a bit odd, > do these people know that they are going to be great, so have to keep > all their correspondence. However, how will there be something similar > with emails and electronic diaries in the future? Are the great and the > good all ready preparing to bequeath their electronic correspondence to > a grateful nation? > > It keeps me awake at night! > > W. > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html