"Floyd L. Davidson" <floyd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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.
Not likely there will be any originals left by 2500, but I scan my slides
too, (The ones that are worth it) so there is some possibility that they
might make it till then. The question is, will there be anything in 2500
at
all?
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