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I thought the "Buy Survivor Library on Disc" [1] link was a bit funny ... if you don't have electricity, you better make sure your laptop is charged when the en

by smoyer 11y ago

I thought the "Buy Survivor Library on Disc" [1] link was a bit funny ... if you don't have electricity, you better make sure your laptop is charged when the end comes (unless of course it's EMP'd by the sun). Where's the link to buy "Survivor Library" on paper? How do I get a subscription to receive new and updated pages once a quarter? Does anyone remember getting manual updates from Microsoft, etc for their products where you had to manually go through the whole manual and insert and/or replace pages? [1] http://www.survivorlibrary.com/?page_id=2909 http://www.survivorlibrary.com/?page_id=2909

jasonkostempski 11y ago
There's a page that talks about why it's not available on paper [1] (why it's not on the same domain, I have no idea.) They don't mention thermal printing which I think about every time I want to print an eBook but then get too lazy to look into it. Is thermal printing on standard size paper a viable thing these days? [1] http://www.eastcarolinapreppers.com/?page_id=2601 http://www.eastcarolinapreppers.com/?page_id=2601
- toast0 11y ago
  Some fax machines used rolls of full width thermal paper, I'm not sure how that would compare. My guess is for printing text, paper cost is going to outweigh toner cost by a significant margin, and thermal paper is more expensive than plain paper. Thermal paper also requires more attention to environmental conditions of storage, if it's stored in a hot place, good luck reading it. Otoh, storing it on a roll might be somewhat useful.
tux 11y ago
You'll also need to emp proof your laptop ^_^
tzs 11y ago
> I thought the "Buy Survivor Library on Disc" [1] link was a bit funny ... if you don't have electricity, you better make sure your laptop is charged when the end comes (unless of course it's EMP'd by the sun). Perhaps the expectation is that the kind of people that are interested in planning ahead for situations where it is necessary to survive a long time with or rebuild civilization using older technology will learn and become proficient with that technology before they have to actually put it to use in a survival or civilization rebuilding situation.

by smoyer 11y ago

jasonkostempski 11y ago

There's a page that talks about why it's not available on paper [1] (why it's not on the same domain, I have no idea.) They don't mention thermal printing which I think about every time I want to print an eBook but then get too lazy to look into it. Is thermal printing on standard size paper a viable thing these days? [1] http://www.eastcarolinapreppers.com/?page_id=2601 http://www.eastcarolinapreppers.com/?page_id=2601

toast0 11y ago
Some fax machines used rolls of full width thermal paper, I'm not sure how that would compare. My guess is for printing text, paper cost is going to outweigh toner cost by a significant margin, and thermal paper is more expensive than plain paper. Thermal paper also requires more attention to environmental conditions of storage, if it's stored in a hot place, good luck reading it. Otoh, storing it on a roll might be somewhat useful.

tux 11y ago

You'll also need to emp proof your laptop ^_^

tzs 11y ago

> I thought the "Buy Survivor Library on Disc" [1] link was a bit funny ... if you don't have electricity, you better make sure your laptop is charged when the end comes (unless of course it's EMP'd by the sun). Perhaps the expectation is that the kind of people that are interested in planning ahead for situations where it is necessary to survive a long time with or rebuild civilization using older technology will learn and become proficient with that technology before they have to actually put it to use in a survival or civilization rebuilding situation.