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That was the question on my mind after reading about the "New York Times Capsule" last Sunday. On the face of it, the concept of a millennial time capsule sounds simple enough: Create a vessel--sealed with late-20th century artifacts--with instructions that it should be opened no earlier than the year...
...second major challenge the Times faced was actually creating something that would last for a millennium--after all, that's an awfully long time. How can information be stored so that it will be readable in a thousand years? How can we insure the vessel won't be lost or destroyed? Possible solutions ranged from shooting the capsule into outer space to embedding the information in cockroach...
Along with UIS staff, Carmichael has spent the last 18 months testing the compliancy of hundreds of systems, including ones which control the University's Internet access, e-mail, telecommunications, the library catalogue Hollis and payroll...
Within FAS, meetings and coordinated activities to ensure Y2K compliance have been ongoing for the last two years, says Lenox C. Grasso, FAS' local coordinator for registrarial systems...
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