TH O <tho@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>In article <ZuSdnQv9C-SoDU7anZ2dnUVZ_oaonZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> "William Graham" <weg9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Date: 2070
>> Place: The attic of grandpa's old place, just before we put it on
the
>> market.
>> Found in a box: A bunch of CD's with Grandpa's old pictures on
>> them.......
>
>They are probably coasters because he used CD-Rs and didn't realize that
>they are not archival media and can fail over years.
>
>> Found in a box: A bunch of grandpa's old slides.
Year: 2500
Place: Every Museum in the World
Found: Thousands of reproducable 500 year old digital images,
all as "new" as they were when taken.
Not Found: Even one surviving photograph that preceeded digital
archiving.
>If they haven't melted from the attic heat, there is a greater chance of
>them being viewable. :)
Viewable, but in horribly faded condition.
>
>> Which are more likely to be viewed and enjoyed by the grandkids? Will
the
>> computers of 2070 even be able to accept the CD's of 2008? And, even if
they
>> are, will the grandkids ever get around to actually installing them in
a
>> machine? For sure, they won't have one with them in that attic. But
they
>> will be able to hold a slide up to the light and look at it.
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Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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