"The problem with digital anything is it does not really exist. "
Neither does sound exist on an LP but it doesn't take a whole lot to
figure out how to get sound from those wavy grooves on vinyl!
" Film and prints are different. They are solid. "
Yes, but in digital you can make a copy of a copy of a copy . . . . and
never loose any quality
"Digital has advantages. but in my view, one should never depend on
digital files for LT storage of our history. "
With digital it is practical to store multiple copies in widely
scattered locations and re-0copy them every few years to ensure
integrity. Can't do that with a Rembrandt!
"What concerns me is the use of truly cheap digital media. "
True, but libraries were perfecting "archival disks" 10 years ago to
store digital images of historic books that are falling apart and will
no longer exist in a few more decades. Some of these irreplaceable works
have already been lost to fires, floods, and other natural disasters. I
am certain that archivists have come along way since I last looked at
digital archiving.
True security is having multiple copies in various formats in widely
scattered locations.
Dianne
aka Calamity Jane
Received on Fri Apr 8 12:39:00 2005
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