123c599106f0
tech



Hello Roy - 

--8<--cut 

RJT>> I don't care what they do in Japan (their government is
RJT>> *way* too paternalistic for my tastes), "the arts" isn't
RJT>> a legitimate function of government, as far as I'm
RJT>> concerned. If there's something that people have to
RJT>> offer, and if there's enough of a real demand for it,
RJT>> then those people should be able to make that connection
RJT>> and become successful without the use of tax dollars to
RJT>> do so. 

CA>> One day of war in IRAQ would more than cover the costs. 

RJT> Maybe, maybe not, I still don't see it as a matter of
RJT> principle. And I don't think it would. (Thinking larger
RJT> museums and such.) 

My reference to Japan was their policy of putting certain
artists on a "National Treasure" status with a pension that was
approximately $100,000US to guarantee that they would not be
forced to find other more profitable employment. 

CA>>> We (Americans) will be remembered along with Atila the
CA>>> Hun, Ghengis Kahn, and other despoilers of other people's
CA>>> countries. 

RJT>> I've no argument about the fact that we have armed forces
RJT>> in way too many places outside the US... 

CA>>> I'm surprised we haven't burned the Library of Congress
CA>>> to the ground as their predecessors did the library in
CA>>> Alexandria. 

RJT>> Heh. 

CA>> Watch, it's coming. 

RJT> Good thing hard drives and other tech is so cheap these
RJT> days... 

RJT> Which ain't enough, but it's a start. 

There are many discussions covering many different methods of
preserving data. Most seem to agree that if we don't begin to
take this seriously we stand to lose a great deal of what we
now have accumulated. 

>
>        ,                          ,
>      o/      Charles.Angelich      \o       ,
>       __o/
>     / >          USA, MI           < \   __\__
 

--- * ATP/16bit 2.31 * 
... DOS the Ghost in the Machine! http://www.devedia.com/dosghost/