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Here's an associated question that archives everywhere are beginning to struggle with (though they should have begun struggling long ago). Many municipal records are being born digital these days, and records retention schedules telling us to keep a wide variety of materials permanently.

How would you store an ever-increasing amount of digital data indefinitely?

I think you're largely right, but I have one nitpick: microfiche, and other types of microform, are pretty stable, and only require a magnification tool to be human-readable. They're pretty much the gold standard for efficient archival long-term storage of information.

But as you say, stone and metal as well as acid-free paper made from rags or mulberry fibres have a proven track record for longevity.

Any idea where they get the number 300 years? In the archival world, we're leery of such blatant marketing claims, especially since CD technology is only a few decades old.

Johnny Long wrote an interesting book called No-tech hacking: A Guide to Social Engineering, Dumpster Diving, and Shoulder Surfing that might interest you.

Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis

If you like this sort of thing, Johnny Long wrote an interesting book called No Tech Hacking: A Guide to Social Engineering, Dumpster Diving, and Shoulder Surfing (http://www.amazon.com/No-Tech-Hacking-Engineering-Dumpster/d...).

I've actually moved away from using electronic transations exclusively to using them only for receiving my pay, paying bills, and online shopping. Every pay, I withdraw the cash I've allocated for various things (food, fun, photography, gas, etc.) and put it in labeled envelopes. It keeps me much more honest. When the envelope is empty, I just don't do that thing anymore.

This morning.

There's an entire field devoted to this: Knowledge Management (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_management).

Blast, I just picked 30 cups of blueberries to freeze for smoothies. Is it really so bad?

Anecdote: For most of his adult life, my grandfather, a now-retired apple farmer, slept 5-6 hours a night, but supplemented this with 20 minute naps after lunch (which was a huge hot meal) and dinner (which was more like a lunch). Never have I seen him as exhausted as I am after my 3rd cup of coffee and 8 hours of sleep a night. And I have a desk job!

Dup: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1420553

Dup: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1416811

In Barrie, Ontario, it was quite gentle where I was. I thought I was developing a tremour, but then I noticed the wee containers of jam and marmalade at the coffee shop were shaking too. It was pretty gentle, and only lasted half a minute.

Here in Barrie it was pretty gentle. I thought I was having a seizure at first, actually, which illustrates my state of mind lately. Anyway, when I noticed that the wee containers of jam and marmalade were shaking too, I figured it was an earthquake.

Thanks! I was not aware of that.

Jebus, I never noticed that. Thanks!

The question of whether math is invented or discovered is far from settled. I know next to nothing about math, but a quick google search for "math created or invented" brings up so much controversy I find it unlikely that it's been decided. See Mathematical Platonism and its Opposites by Barry Mazur (p. 19 in: http://www.ems-ph.org/journals/newsletter/pdf/2008-06-68.pdf). He says it's The Question that won't go away.

I think any pdf link says scribd, even if it's not. Not sure why.

Go outdoors often. An increase in myopia (near-sightedness) correlates with an decrease in outdoor activity by children. Giving your eyes a chance to focus on the near and far distances is probably helpful, too.

http://www.sunilreddy.com/?p=1429

Thank you for your detailed, informative, and interesting observations on this post and others. You're a credit to this community.

Also by Sai Emrys (http://saizai.com/):

Meditation for Hackers: All-point techniques (http://s3.amazonaws.com/saizai-public/Sai%20Emrys%20-%20Medi...)

I'm sorry you feel that way. I thought it might gratify someone's intellectual curiosity.

That's great stuff! I guess I didn't mean no one's actually doing it, but that there used to be a whole industry interested in and capable of doing amazing investigative journalism with backers willing to stand up for them. If these guys run afoul of the law, how long will they last?

Unfortunately, lone bloggers and community journalists don't have the resources to fight a legal battle if caught. Back in the golden age of print media, you at least had the possibility of support from the publication you worked for or its parent company.

I used this to nice effect on my Canon A590IS. It allowed me to overcome the 15 second maximum long exposure to get at least 64 seconds.(http://www.flickr.com/photos/allseeingcuttlefish/3469157079/).

I keep hoping someone will create a similar project focused on Nikon cameras.

Size isn't a problem for me, but comfort always was until I started buying Blundstones. You get them 0.5-1 size smaller than you usually wear and break them in. Worst, most painful 3 weeks of my shoe-wearing life, but after that they were like indestructible slippers.

It does seem a bit cruel, to be honest.

I don't know much about this guy, but this post and an earlier one--an email exchange about a fellow giving notice/being fired--makes me think he's a right proper douche.

Sounds like legitimate glee, if you ask me. Those videos are amazing.