http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/12/02/canned-libraries-open-new-vistas-to-readers/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:15:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/12/02/canned-libraries-open-new-vistas-to-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-1063207 Seo Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:17:59 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6237#comment-1063207 The big advantage of micro-fiche is the long durability of over 400 years and that you can read it with a lens and a source of light. That is why most archives convert their texts and other materials to electronic data and micro-fiche at the same time. Bits and Bytes for short time conservation and as a working copy and micro-fiche for the next dark age. The big advantage of micro-fiche is the long durability of over 400 years and that you can read it with a lens and a source of light. That is why most archives convert their texts and other materials to electronic data and micro-fiche at the same time. Bits and Bytes for short time conservation and as a working copy and micro-fiche for the next dark age.

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/12/02/canned-libraries-open-new-vistas-to-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-1063189 Doug Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:07:18 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6237#comment-1063189 A friend of ours developed cameras and readers that allowed them to put 1200 pages of the Bible on a card one inch by one inch square. It was called Ultra-microfiche, but it never went very far. Evidently micro-fiche was small enough. A friend of ours developed cameras and readers that allowed them to put 1200 pages of the Bible on a card one inch by one inch square. It was called Ultra-microfiche, but it never went very far. Evidently micro-fiche was small enough.

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/12/02/canned-libraries-open-new-vistas-to-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-1063182 Hirudinea Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:46:52 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6237#comment-1063182 Sure they can can a Library, but can you read it in the can? g Sure they can can a Library, but can you read it in the can?
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]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/12/02/canned-libraries-open-new-vistas-to-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-1063176 jayessell Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:43:23 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6237#comment-1063176 I have 'The Wizard of Oz' in my Palm Pilot. It's nice to have eBooks in your pocket, but what if there was a catastrophe so bad no one could read electronic media? I have ‘The Wizard of Oz’ in my Palm Pilot.
It’s nice to have eBooks in your pocket, but what if there was a
catastrophe so bad no one could read electronic media?

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/12/02/canned-libraries-open-new-vistas-to-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-1063171 Book Calendar Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:30:45 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6237#comment-1063171 What a lark. It fits with most of the fantasies of this type of magazine. If it all came true we would be flying around mars in spacesuits powered by jetpacks by now. What a lark. It fits with most of the fantasies of this type of magazine. If it all came true we would be flying around mars in spacesuits powered by jetpacks by now.

]]> http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/12/02/canned-libraries-open-new-vistas-to-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-1063164 Toronto Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:11:08 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6237#comment-1063164 It's interesting that they use the phrase "a sealed cartridge not much larger than a 12-gauge shotgun shell" rather than "a 35mm film canister. I guess more people were shooting pellets than Kodacolor in 1936. It’s interesting that they use the phrase “a sealed cartridge not much larger than a 12-gauge shotgun shell” rather than “a 35mm film canister. I guess more people were shooting pellets than Kodacolor in 1936.

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