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Old 02-17-2010, 09:25 AM   #21
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what if one day the power grid goes out, what then? Kind of like sci fi questions but worth pondering.
As in "The Machine Stops"? Lots of fiction contemplates what would happen without the technology we've come to rely on - I liked "Fade Out" by Patrick Tilley.

The problem of being able to read current formats on future devices is well recognised - frequently raised in relation to DRM (which makes it difficult to convert).
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