In The Year 2525
Dec 4, 2016 21:43:28 #
[quote=Peterff]"Most people here seem to be missing the point. Once in digital format things can be stored indefinitely without loss of quality from the original digital state, and it is relatively easy transform one digital format to a newer one. It is the curation that matters, and making sure that important content is managed and translated to contemporary formats.:
I agree that digital data can be stored indefinitely and will require curation, but the point is, in my mind at least, who will do this. If we want people to see our images 100 years after we are gone, who will do the curation? That's why I still believe that having prints and/or negatives is the real long-term solution.
I agree that digital data can be stored indefinitely and will require curation, but the point is, in my mind at least, who will do this. If we want people to see our images 100 years after we are gone, who will do the curation? That's why I still believe that having prints and/or negatives is the real long-term solution.
Dec 4, 2016 21:49:04 #
aberration wrote:
The deeply infamous may stand times test. We as an international society, perhaps briefly on the earth, are quickly bored with the mundane. Some are curious as to family trees, and who(m) among their ancestors are swinging from the branches by a prehensile tail. If we are genetically and ecologically lucky our next generations will be around to wonder at our follies, and wisdom. if not......fade to black.
OK, but who's the King of the swingers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JDzlhW3XTM
Dec 4, 2016 21:54:20 #
Dec 4, 2016 21:59:11 #
aberration wrote:
The last person occillating.
Did you mean "oscillating" perchance? Maybe it's just a lifestyle thing...
Dec 4, 2016 23:59:12 #
Dec 5, 2016 01:52:30 #
I think you are missing the point here...
This is not about the future of humanity or what is left over but over one guy who thinks he is going to impress his family generations down the road....
THAT in my opinion is nut. The rest?
It is even more annoying with this soundtrack....
This is not about the future of humanity or what is left over but over one guy who thinks he is going to impress his family generations down the road....
THAT in my opinion is nut. The rest?
It is even more annoying with this soundtrack....
Dec 5, 2016 09:42:44 #
Rongnongno wrote:
I think you are missing the point here...
This is not about the future of humanity or what is left over but over one guy who thinks he is going to impress his family generations down the road....
THAT in my opinion is nut. The rest?
It is even more annoying with this soundtrack....
This is not about the future of humanity or what is left over but over one guy who thinks he is going to impress his family generations down the road....
THAT in my opinion is nut. The rest?
It is even more annoying with this soundtrack....
Very funny Rongnongon I'm still laughing and the sound track is icing on the cake.
Dec 5, 2016 10:46:26 #
Dec 5, 2016 11:15:14 #
Dec 5, 2016 12:16:57 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
speters wrote:
By the way, I still use floppy disks and Zip disks on occasion on my computer ( both of them)!
It begs the question, Why? The 5 1/4" floppy can barely hold more than a few moderate sized files by today's standards. And zip drives were slow, cumbersome and expensive compared with today's external hard drives.
Dec 5, 2016 12:42:46 #
jackm1943 wrote:
I agree that digital data can be stored indefinitely and will require curation, but the point is, in my mind at least, who will do this. If we want people to see our images 100 years after we are gone, who will do the curation? That's why I still believe that having prints and/or negatives is the real long-term solution.
I agree that digital data can be stored indefinitely and will require curation, but the point is, in my mind at least, who will do this. If we want people to see our images 100 years after we are gone, who will do the curation? That's why I still believe that having prints and/or negatives is the real long-term solution.
I don't disagree that prints will continue to be desirable, but even prints need curating. Another problem is the societal trends. Millennials are exhibiting a different behavioral approach to material possessions, and many don't have the space to keep so much stuff. We're just going to have to wait and see what happens, especially as one generation passes on to the next how many physical things just get discarded.
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