They're correct and it's too late, at least for me. I've been using email in this manner since around 2001 or so and have an entire archive of all of my email to back around 1997 or so. I haven't had to revisit 1997-2002, but I still maintain the archive. As for 2002-forward, I use it often to find something that I worked on for one employer or another through those years and will continue to do so. I don't feel there's a need to use brain cells to remember something that's at my finger tips and yes, I am aware, if the SHTF, I won't be able to retrieve everything in there.... the way I look at that, if the SHTF, I won't give a damn about some piece of information from 2002. /CF

I tried to read as many posts as I could in this thread, however, has anyone else thought about the ramifications from this? i mean, i've thought about this from the time i heard of 3d printer models being available for guns and gun parts (mags). i am a gun enthusiast (nut) and i avidly believe in the 2nd Amendment. the ramifications are enormous to this... guns available on ebay without serial numbers, parts readily available to all. felons buying 3d printers, downloading the torrent, building their own arsenal. while i am up for a little "old west" style of living, be it anarchy, chaos, etc. there are various philosophical debates to be had concerning this. there will be an uproar from the anti-gun crowd when this info is more wide-spread and main streamed. even more so when the first armed robber/murder is committed with an unlicensed, unregistered, no serial number AR-15 that was obviously produced on a 3D printer with no recourse as to who provided the weapon. this takes the term "hacking" to entirely new level. we've went from our coding history to the destruction of networks in nuclear facilities to providing arms to everyone with access to a decent 3d printer. lots to consider. /CF

Just look for the safest drivers on the road, going 10mph BELOW the posted speed limits and signaling 1/4 mile BEFORE the turn. yep. they're smoking pot. /CF

did you mean to ask: "what did you teach the teachers about computers?". /CF