Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 03, 2017
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Mail: Whatcha writing, goat? Goat: Text to a buddy telling him how much I liked this history book on general George McClellan. Mail: That's great...and do you know why we know so much about McClellan? Goat: Why? Mail: Because he sent letters! Goat: That's one bitter mailbox. Mail: McClellan did not send emojis!!
There is a real possibility that tons of information will disappear, as computers of the future won’t be able to read the digital spittle of today.
That may already be happening. My old place of employment has tons of stuff archived on 9-track tape. A mainframe that can read them? That’s gone.