From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   Doc O'Leary  schrieb:   
   > For your reference, records indicate that   
   > Christian Weisgerber  wrote:   
   >   
   >> It's pretty pointless to talk about "long-lasting" without agreeing   
   >> what order of magnitude timeframe we are talking about.  A century?   
   >> A billion years?   
   >   
   > It’s not even a question of that, but what *purpose* is to be served   
   > by something lasting for a long time.   
      
   In the original context (which was a few months ago) I was referring to   
   the SF staple of people finding old tech from previous civilizations,   
   which still works.   
      
   With our current tech, cable insulation after a few hundread years would have   
   broken down, solid-state electronics diffused into uselessness, lubricants   
   resinated, ball bearings seized, ...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)