The NORSAM technology is essentially microfilm in that most uses of it involve etching images onto the storage substrate. If you have an electron microscope, you can read the images like using a microfilm reader. If you store digital information (e.g binary), you will have the same problem in 10,000 years as you will with DVDs in 20 years: how do you read the Word, WordPerfect, or other information encoded on the storage media? Regards, Jesse Wilkins CDIA+, LIT, ICP, edp, ermm, ecms IMERGE Consulting [log in to unmask] (303) 574-1455 office (303) 484-4142 fax YIM: jessewilkins8511 Looking for the latest education on electronic records, email, and imaging? Visit http://www.imergeconsult.com/schedule2.html for a current schedule of courses. -----Original Message----- From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chris Flynn Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 11:27 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [RM] Definition of Permanent yeah, really cool. I think they calim something along the lines of 10,000 years. I think I would like to burn some disks and see if they turn out. Chris Flynn >From: "Ronald W. Frazier" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Records Management Program <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Definition of Permanent >Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 21:47:04 -0500 > >Chris, > >I wasn't familiar with that name. I searched on google and came up >with >this: http://www.norsam.com/ . I'm assuming that's what you were >referring to. Pretty amazing stuff. They've carved a statue of a >horse on a piece of diamond dust 1/100 the size of a human hair and can >create images a hundred times smaller than microfiche. Very interesting. > >Sincerely, > >Ron > >At 11/8/2006 10:48 AM -0700, you wrote: >>Don't let the NORSAM folks hear you talk like that >> >>Chris Flynn > > >------------------------------ >Ron Frazier - owner of http://groups.yahoo.com/group/futureenergynow/ , >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/futureenergyproducts/ >http://c3energy.com/ --- http://c3energy.com/alt_energy/ >http://c3energy.com/computersecurity/ --- http://c3energy.com/health/ > >I am an independent researcher / consultant specializing in Alternative >Energy and Data Security. >I am particularly interested in exploring ways to archive data over >long periods of time. > >Ron Frazier >4050 Dorothy Dr. >Cumming, GA 30041 >770-205-9422 (O) 404-431-5472 (C) >Email: rwfrazier AT c3energy DOT com (replace the AT and DOT by hand) > >List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html >Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance _________________________________________________________________ Get today's hot entertainment gossip http://movies.msn.com/movies/hotgossip?icid=T002MSN03A07001 List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance