Vermillion No Sekai

Whether you have been using the Internet for a long time now, or just got into it a few months ago, you certainly have seen an "404: Page Not Found" error. Do they represent a possible risk? Yes. Is there a way to recover the data that there was in the place holder instead of the 404 Error? Probably, with a bit of luck.

Nowadays we live in a world where computers are used a lot, probably more people nowadays would rather keep files in their computers rather than puting them into paper. I myself have never printed a photo ever since I have had a digital camera. But not everything is a safe, and the data you keep in your computer or on the internet can be destroyed as well.

Yeah, probably you knew that, but you said "we still have libraries!". Effectively, luckily, we still libraries that provide a lot of knowledge in their books. And books usually have a good amount of copies distributed worldwide. But the books that contain the history of Earth are old. I wonder how many books with valuable knowledge are lost and no one has seen in 500 years. Paper is a product that has been used for millions of years, but with technology, are we almost close to the point of completely replacing the paper with digital alternatives? Many people argue that its not possible, and some say that it will happen. I am neutral on this, as it would take many ages to completely leave the paper to use digital methods (unless some sort of political action goes against the paper, in which case the paper would dissapear very fast). Nowadays more and more people use the internet as a medium to obtain knowledge. In fact, I am sure that many people that use the internet no longer visit any libraries.

This creates a problem. A lot of information is just available on the internet nowadays. Many websites host this information. But after a while, the owners of these websites either get bored or come to a point that they can't maintain the website anymore. So when you want to visit the same awesome essay you read a year ago is not going to be available anymore, and you will hit a not-so-beautiful Error 404 error. What will happen if many people decide not to maintain their websites anymore? All the information they had will go to an unexistanc abyss. Nowadays, there are even websites that let YOU publish e-books for free, with absolutely no charge, so people can read your ebook free. Are we going to say good bye to the classic paper soon?

All the knowledge there is in the internet should be available in a print. Unfortunately, there's still the problem of killing trees. Lets hope the goverments find a way to publish information, not only on the internet, but in paper without using too many resources.