[Milsurplus] [Boatanchors] [BoatAnchors] An object lesson

[Gene Smar]

Gents:
 
      Very much OT, but ....
 
     I've expressed my concern to several folks/relatives/coworkers that our digitized culture will be lost within 100 years.  Think of how quickly we have obsoleted the floppy disk and its drives.  Eight-track tapes, anyone?  VHS?  How many family photos will be irretrievable in a generation?  How many good movies (and bad ones) will be unwatchable by 2030?  
 
     My YF and I visited a local (DC) museum over the weekend and saw sculpture and paintings dating from 1100 AD.  It made me sad to think that our entertainment these days (MyFace, Youtube, HuLu, etc.)  will be an historic footnote within our kids' lifetimes.
 
     That's probably why we're so enamored with operating milrads from 70+ years ago - not only do they exist intact, but they even work.  
 
 
 
73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F
 
 


On 04/15/15, Ian Wilson wrote:

I have seen CD ROMs start to fail after a decade or so. This doesn't
look like a very permanent medium for archival.

Not that I know of any better alternative. OT: attended a most
interesting talk by the Archivist from the LA Film Museum (approx);
they do not regard any currently available digital media as suitable
for long-term archival. Everything is still kept on film (of course,
they are attempting to copy everything but this is a huge task).

73, ian K3IMW


On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 9:48 AM, Glen Zook gzook at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Although I don't plan on going SK for a long time (a number of my
> ancestors lived into their late 90s, early 100s, I am gradually preparing a
> document containing photographs of each item, model number, serial number,
> any special features (i.e. additional filters), and what to expect to "get"
> for the item. By "get" I am putting an "asking" price, an average price to
> expect, and a "rock bottom" price lower than which not to take.
>
> This document will be in a file on my computer, printed out "hard copy",
> and then save the file onto a CD ROM copies of which will be given to my
> wife and each of my 3-daughters. I will also list possible persons to help
> dispose of the equipment as well as the names of people to absolutely
> refuse to deal with. Those are the persons, that I know, who offer to
> dispose of all that old junk, paying almost nothing, and then reselling at
> inflated prices.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
> Website: http://k9sth.net
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Don Merz via Milsurplus milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> *To:* Ian Wilson ianmwilson73 at gmail.com>; David Harmon 
> k6xyz at sbcglobal.net>
> *Cc:* Boatanchors boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; Military Surplus net
> List <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 15, 2015 10:53 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Milsurplus] [Boatanchors] [BoatAnchors] An object lesson
>
> The underlying problem here should not be neglected. The fault does not
> lie with the unknowledgable family nor with Apex Surplus. It was unfair and
> unreasonable of this person to accumulate all that and expect someone else
> to CORRECTLY handle it.
> Don't stick your family with some horrendous chore when you die. Treat it
> like planning your retirement. Calculate how many years you think you have
> left and make it a goal to dispose of some percentage of your pile each
> year until you are down to what can be thrown away with minimal loss. If
> you think you have 20 years left, 5% of the pile should go out the door (no
> fair adding new stuff!) every year.
> The aternative is to resign yourself to the thought that it might all go
> in the dumpster. And maybe that is okay too--bizarre as that sounds, it IS
> a valid choice. But if you have never been executor of an estate, then you
> really can't grasp the burden that it all is. We should not be adding hobby
> hoarding to that burden for our executors. It's just that simple.
>
>
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