Information and survival

[intothenew]

Until now, I had no clue of the Wiki cache thingy. Thanks Whitis, rep sent.

A somewhat unrelated search landed me here, to no avail, but I'll try and add a little something while I am here.


First, PDF works for me with my current tools (laptop, desktop, iPhone). I use OO (open Office), collect what info I feel needed, export as PDF, and store that in a dropbox folder. I then have a synced series of machines, and the materials are resident on each of those machines.


Thumb drive, check. The SD suggestion with a usb adaptor is one that I need to implement.

Hard copy library, kinda sorta check. I do not hard copy all of the harvested digital material, only task of the day/week/month, that is reserved for bedside reading/reference. I hard copy cache what I'll term "recipes", and I ain't talking cakes and cookies, and a multitude of things that I don't feel comfortable committing to memory. It's semi portable, and somewhat categorized. The library proper is 8' tall x 40' long, it's a life time of static resources.

[Kortoso]

I got books, I got the internet and how-to Youtube videos, but for me, it's nothing unless I have tried it myself and made it mine.
You don't want to be trying out a survival technique for the first time when it's dark, cold and wet and you can't see to read the manual. It should be a part of you by the time the rubber hits the road.

[intothenew]

In the bush, I kinda sorta agree. A fire, a primitive shelter, potable water, and just what I can and can't eat are in memory.

But there is a broader kind of knowledge that I may need. What can you do with that chemistry set in the bathroom/ laundry room/ kitchen? How much torque and horsepower can you get from a given head and flowrate? For a given windspeed, what diameter prop for a given torque/horsepower? Voltage drop in a given wire size/length? I could go on and on.

I ain't gonna carry my knife in my teeth and pick berries outta bear dookie for long. I'll plant roots, or reinforce the ones I have, and make things a bit more convenient for Martha. Or, she'll find someone that can.

[Sourdough]

I trust the government to care for ALL of my needs. And should they fail, I will do what "White Bear" the survival expert advises.

[intothenew]

So that's what that new sled is for, carrying all of those thumb drives loaded with "White Bear" videos?

[crashdive123]

I trust the government to care for ALL of my needs. And should they fail, I will do what "White Bear" the survival expert advises.

What? Move to Detroit and live in your parents basement? ***OR*** Live vicariously through a vivid imagination, creating fantasies that fill the empty void of your real life? ***OR*** Becoming the ridicule of an on-line community that will have fun at your expense for years to come much like the escapades of the Mall Ninja?

[Wildthang]

Well I have a thumb drive in my BOB with blood type, drivers licence and social security card photo's. Also my address and phone numbers of family, and that is all I need!

[Rick]

I wear a thumb drive around my neck that has an ICE document, my medical records, my living will, my medical power of attorney and my organ donor form.