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Date:         Mon, 6 Jun 2005 00:26:53 EDT
Reply-To:     THX0001@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Archives, the DVD Edition?
Comments: To: josorio@ATLAS.KENNESAW.EDU
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In a message dated 6/5/05 6:42:42 PM, josorio@ATLAS.KENNESAW.EDU writes:


<< given the
fact that the archives are a regularly used source for maintaining and
knowing "everything" there is to know about our beloved bricks, why not
store it offline on a couple of DVDs? >>


Jorge,


Fine idea except, as I have said before, to have an archive requires first an
archivist to separate the flotsam from the jetsam.  If an archivist did his
thing with the mass of material stored within the Vanagon "archives", the
result probably would not even consume a 3.5" floppy.  Short of Chinese motorcycle
jackets, sometimes I think one of the greatest affronts to the human condition
has been the availability of cheap bytes.


George
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