The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 40, October 7, 2007, Article 17

ATOMS FOR BITS EXCHANGE PROPOSED

Regarding Dan Gosling's 'Book Burning' editorial reprinted
here last week, Ron Abler writes: "Mr. Gosling is right on
the mark, and I couldn't agree more with all of his points.
However, I have reached an impasse in the form of limited
storage space versus my happy marriage.  My spouse
irrationally thinks that cardboard boxes filled with
reference books, auction catalogs, loose-leaf binders
filled with Xerox copies, and a myriad of other printed
materials somehow detract from the décor and utility of
our home.  She believes that more than just the bathrooms
should be free of the archival evidence of my acquisitive
and conservative nature.

"I am sure that Mr. Gosling would agree that losing a
spouse is also bad.  Would you please send me his shipping
address so that I may designate him as my off-site storage
custodian, knowing that my treasures and their responsibility
will be in the best of hands?  In return, if he will scan
everything and send me the CDs, I will gladly serve as his
off-site electronic repository.  I have lost only one
electronic file since 1995."

 THE ELECTRONIC EQUIVALENT OF BOOK BURNING
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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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