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Sorry to wander off a little into one of my chuckle moments, but when I read Jphphotographies thoughtful post about the permanence of physical books and the what-if of cosmic catastrophe destroying the entire internet infrastructure, I couldn't help but think of the more localised disaster that destroyed much of stored recorded human knowledge when arson caused the demise of the Great Library of Alexandria.
And then my mind wandered to a late friend of mine (a comedian) who told me that a pal of his was devastated when the library wing of his house was burned to the ground. "Both volumes were destroyed," my friend solemly told me. "And he'd only just finished colouring one of them."
Apologies, best wishes and thanks for a fascinating thread. Neil
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