"William Graham" <weg9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>"Floyd L. Davidson" <floyd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>news:87tzjfyczv.fld@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 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?
The lifeforms on Mars may be sending probes by then, to
see if there actually used to be water on this planet...
--
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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