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I don't see what the big deal is
by Bit_Rapist on Tue 22nd Nov 2005 01:02 UTC
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All these problem(s) have already been solved.

Save your documents you intend to store for 100 years in ASCII format and be done with it.

People spend more time re-inventing the wheel and re-hashing the same shit over and over I swear.

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How can you save an image in a text file?

Sorry, not trying to be a smarty pants; sometimes something with a little more complex formating is in order. IE: 1200 page document with illustrations. Imagine reading the text file and then having to locate image 256 in another directory. Scrolling down a page would be much easier if the image was embedded in the document.

PS: I prefer txt files; however, doc or swx do have some nice options.

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Celerate Member since:

It seems to me that most government bodies and businesses store important documents in the PDF format, it's supported in every non-hobby OS either by default or through a third party viewer. You really can't edit PDF files afterwards with conventional office or home software, but at least it'll let you store a document with images and advanced formatting.

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dsmogor Member since:

The problems is that few people think upfront if what will happent with their document after that long time. The value of the document in such a distant future cannot be estimated. So either default (rich) format is durable or you're poised to loose information.

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