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To: TigerLikesRooster; SunkenCiv
I have always wondered about how long our current knowledge will be preserved in the future. Would most of it be lost in time, as happened numerously in history.

Hey SunkenCiv,

This thread is pertinent to your interests.

4 posted on 08/20/2011 8:57:43 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear (No More RINOs!!!)
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Thanks Grizzled Bear. It's amusing, I grew up listening to music and whatnot off 78s left over from my parents' youth, remember when "Stereo" on the dustjackets of LPs was a big deal, and the record players (which were mostly mono) had four speeds on 'em (16 2/3, 33 1/3, 45, 78); and the quad format wars (I never fired a shot in that); 8 track vs cassette; laserdisks vs that capacitance disk format; CDs; DVD vs that DVD with expiration date system pushed very hard by Circuit City (easy rental, if you liked it, you could pay the balance so it could run forever, otherwise it would expire; flopped like a fish out of water); HD-DVD vs BluRay...

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28 posted on 08/21/2011 4:26:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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