Re:Why is the UK still printing its laws on vellum?
by ddingus on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @12:44PM
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Seconded.
Doing this doesn't cost much, and it's a basic archive of the business of the people worth keeping in human readable form.
At the end of the day, tech is good, but the business of people needs to be human readable, accessible in a court, trusted by all. This is a basic requirement humans have, and without it in place, we are forced to trust and depend on tech for law, and it's real consequences.
Nothing wrong with using tech, mind you. We can, should and do. It's more efficient.
But, say something bad happens. That's what the vellum is for.
Doing this doesn't cost much, and it's a basic archive of the business of the people worth keeping in human readable form.
At the end of the day, tech is good, but the business of people needs to be human readable, accessible in a court, trusted by all. This is a basic requirement humans have, and without it in place, we are forced to trust and depend on tech for law, and it's real consequences.
Nothing wrong with using tech, mind you. We can, should and do. It's more efficient.
But, say something bad happens. That's what the vellum is for.