2009/5/3 Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonav...@gmail.com>: > I suspect the contrary. There were initial claims that CD's > would be nigh impossible to degrade, and the truth turned > out to be completely at variance with the assertions.
Which were guesswork. Materials scientists could probably come up with something but it's not worthwhile for anything more advanced than a phonograph record since the ability to play them is likely to get lost rather quickly. > I really think a proven track record counts in this actual case. > Surely it would be useful to place those vellum records where > it is known they have in the past come to no harm. No such place. At best you can manage limited harm by burying them in deserts (egypt mostly) or perhaps peat bogs About the only other place such things last for any length of time are some of the Chinese archives and European monasteries. -- geni _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
