----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard L. Hess" <arclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > I see this a little differently and perhaps a little more optimistically. > For the first time in history, we are confronted with wishing to > preserve information in a method that can in no way be considered > permanent. "Permanent" media, except perhaps carvings in granite, > have all been illusory, and the percentage of items surviving vs. > items created has always been low. > The reality is, as anyone knows who has tried to establish birth/death dates from tombstones, that in this era "carved in stone" can no longer exemplify permanence...!