Re: Keeping track of paper files

On 29 Jul 2010 in soc.genealogy.misc, Canth wrote:

It is not the same as reading ancient scripts. For cuneiform or
hieroglyphics, you don't need a special machine to convert them into
something a human can see, they are there on the surface of a
relatively non-perishable medium.

For some value of non-perishable. I've watched some gravestones, in the
100-150 year old range, deteriorate severely over the past 10-15 years
due, probably, to acid rain.

Your comments about technology-induced information rot are pretty close
to the mark.

AS! ds++:+++ a++ c+++ p++ t+ f-- S+ p+ e++ h++ r++ n++ i+ P+ m++ M

Geek code?

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