Re: [ARSCLIST] long range file storage

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lou Judson wrote:

> Reninds me of the cartoon of the monk down in the catacombs by
> candlelight etching a CDROM with a quill pen... Any body wants a copy
> email me offlist. It is amusing to display in archiving rooms...
>
> Lou
>
> Lou Judson ? Intuitive Audio
> 415-883-2689
>
> On Aug 12, 2005, at 3:35 PM, Russ Hamm wrote:
>
> > Reminds me of the April Fools' Day news article that NPR ran a few
> > years
> > back, purporting to report on an ambitious new project of the Library
> > of
> > Congress to reproduce all known sound files on wax cylinders - the
> > rationale being that this is the most low-tech and therefor most
> > perdurable
> > medium for long range storage. No power is needed for playback, just a
> > cranking arm!
> >
> > Russ Hamm

Okay, I can't resist..

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....Amish drive-by shooting.

dl

>
> >
> >
> >> Perhaps what we need is a method of storing digital files on a shellac
> >> disc?! They seem to last forever, barring disasters...
> >>
> >> Steven C. Barr
> >