[Ldsoss] Archiving Our Electronic Lives

[Dan Lawyer]

I know a guy that prints things onto rolls of light tin using dot matrix
printers. Preserves very well.

>>> "Jesse Stay" <jesse at thestays.org> 4/6/2006 9:06:50 AM >>>
V. B. Hunt wrote:
>> metal instead of printing it on flimsy paper?
>> 
> At least half joking now, wouldn't it be even cooler to engrave it on
> Yes and no. Metal does last longer; however, given my metalworking 
> skills, I would much rather bind a thousand pages per week in a format 
> that lasts for a few hundred years than add 1 plate per week to the 
> binding in a format that lasts for a few thousand years (not to 
> mention how much more it costs to use a metal that wouldn't easily 
> corrode). And my half-joking response: Why do you think that Mormon 
> abridged the records with so few details about the history if the 
> Nephites? I wouldn't want to hand engrave all that stuff either. 
The Geek in me is kicking in - you should use one of those 
laser-etchers. Then you wouldn't have to hand-engrave. :-)

Jesse

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