[OT] free classic Scientific American magazines

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Daniel Armstrong <dwarmstrong-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>

| SciAm published a column (since discontinued) called "Amateur
| Scientist", detailing DIY experiments.

Yes.  I remember being inspired by the one on building a laser (in one
of the copies I am getting rid of).  Never did buid one though.

| One cool thing I discovered
| this week is that all the columns from the 1920s to the late 1990s
| have been put on CD - and its available at the public library.

So: the one on building a laser was probably from 1966.  I could still
read it 40 years later.  What are the chances you can read this CD in
40 years?  (I cannot read my 9 track tapes from 20 years ago; I can
read my punch cards and paper tape, using my eyes.)

Case in point: I bought a DVD with all New Yorker magazine issues on
it.  But it has some kind of "security" that prevents me using it
under Linux.  I wonder how long such fragile software will continue to
function.  For example, will it work in MS Vista?
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