Re:Why is the UK still printing its laws on vellum?
by to3m on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @01:28PM
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There's a fun example here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Domesday_Project
Compare and contrast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book#Custodial_histor...
Re:Why is the UK still printing its laws on vellum?
by michrassena on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @03:16PM
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I wonder if we'll look back at today's technology in 25 years and it will look as unpolished as that Acorn and laserdisc.
Edit: On further consideration, I think we have to regard digital media and formats like a form of encryption (a simile, I don't mean this literally) which gets stronger over time. Time will bury extant evidence of what is contained on the media and how it is stored. Why should not make the information as explicit (plain-text) as possible? People in 800 years will still have to spend their efforts decoding early 21st century English legalese.