But don't tell the Animal Rights folks!
= Loren P Meissner
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Phillip Helbig
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 6:40 AM
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Subject: sheepskin
> Excellent. However, you might be interested to know that doubts about the
> very long-term stability of data media and of accessibility to means to
> read them recently caused the UK parliament to reaffirm its practice of
> printing a copy of all its statutes on vellum! Imagine the Doomsday Book
> had been written only on 1/2 " tape!
Vellum is parchment, right?
OPEN (FORM="PARCHMENT", ACCESS="SEQUENTIAL", STATUS="PERMANENT", &
ACTION="ARCHIVE IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY", UNIT=42, &
FILE="FORTRAN FORUM", BLANK="NULL")
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