[mamelukesabre]

You can have not only a whole set of encyclopedias, but every set ever published...on DVDs and it will all fit in a cigar box. A solar flare won’t hurt it either.

[vladimir998]

The DVDs will survive the solar flare, but the DVD player will be toast! Back to square one!

[Johnny B.]

You can have not only a whole set of encyclopedias, but every set ever published...on DVDs and it will all fit in a cigar box. A solar flare won’t hurt it either.

True, although you won't have a working computer, so you might as well use them as coasters in the event of a "civilization-ending" event.

I haven't checked yet, but I would hate it if they didn't have a DVD version. I notice that schools are moving to online textbooks. That makes it just too easy to "change" history to suit the purposes of whoever controls the data.

[the invisib1e hand]

How you gonna read it when the machines are broke and the repair manual's on yer CD?

geeez. Imagination is the first casualty.