Re: [ARSCLIST] Interesting WSJ Article on when libraries should discard their holdings.

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From: Don Cox <doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 19:04:54 +0000
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On 06/01/07, Tom Fine wrote:
> Don, this makes no sense. An occurance that would decimate every copy
> of every digital data would definitely destroy all other matter, too.
> Books and records burn faster than computers, last I checked.

Digital data needs a supply of electricity to be read. It needs a
working monitor to be viewed.

After twenty years of Dark Ages, not much of the current gear will be
still usable. Capacitors age.

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Don Cox
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