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Emulation For Preservation of Digital Artifacts
An anonymous reader writes "Author Salman Rushdie donated his papers and notes to Emory University a while ago. Not surprisingly, many of Rushdie's original notes, drafts, and correspondence existed in electronic form. Rather than printing them out or converting them to other formats, archivists at the university created an emulated image of Rushdie's old computer, complete with old software. Researchers visiting the archive can read his email in Eudora and his Stickies notes, or read drafts of his books in ClarisWorks. When you leave your legacy to future generations, would you like a virtualized copy of your personal system to be included?"
But it will totally mess up talking to our grandkids! They will know exactly how bad it was.
...do you still have a working ext3 driver in the future and do you want 100 gigs of tranny porn and bad PHP programs?
No, but it's entirely possible he's Salmon Teriyaki, or Salmon Sashimi...
He might even be a nice Cedar Plank Grilled Salmon with Citrus Glaze Served with Seasonal Vegetables and Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Smell that? You smell that? Burning karma, son. Nothing in the world smells like that...
I'm going to need a Plan B...
Recycle PCs and build a wireless community network www.hillsborough.org.nz
Even worse, you don't get out of providing tech support for your family members, even when you die! Bwahahahaha!
with cynicism like that he's most likely Salmon of Doubt.