Food for thought:
Quote:
Ludd's Twelfth Law:
Any information that relies on technology for storage or retrieval will effectively cease to exist once that technology becomes obsolete, breaks down or is no longer supported.
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We take instant availability of information for granted, which IMHO is unwise. A website can go dark at any time. The web is wonderful for consuming information in the moment... but if it's something you'll want to refer to later, trusting in the service provider/website owner/cloud provider is a risky proposition.
Online content that I know I'm going to find useful someday (e.g. the calsci break-in method I prefer) gets saved as a PDF. If I REALLY want to make sure it'll be available years from now, it gets printed.