[happywolf]

If I can find a computer survived the EM pulses to scan the paper, then most likely I don't need this paper back up anyway. On the other hand if all my data is dead upon the EM pulses attack, I won't put too much faith on the chance of getting hold of any surviving computer.

[politician]

Well, you could house your precious scanner in a Faraday cage along with a RepRap and other "reboot the world" tech.

[thebigshane]

Please elaborate; I'm intrigued...

A Faraday cage will protect against an EM pulse? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage

RepRap is a self-reproducible 3D printer? http://reprap.org/wiki/RepRap

And so with the RepRap (and some power source/converter) inside a faraday cage (with other physical protections as well), you're saying that this is the ultimate backup system for worst case scenarios? Do you have any links to provide more information about such a setup?

[vacri]

You seem to have answered your own questions.

Yes, the Faraday cage protects against EM interference. But so does turning your computer off. Your main computer is fried? Pull out your old laptop and dust it off...

[iacvlvs]

Would turning your computer off, help? I can see it helping for normal EM interference, but in an apocalyptic EM pulses scenario I thought the induced current would be enough to damage components.