“… Perhaps, in the future, it will be standard procedure to leave a video biography before one dies such that people can write an 'extended epitaph' and have their own say that others can refer to….” – Pat [from a different thread]
One of the big technological problems here is that ANY specific technology used for such a video will be obsolete within a decade and/ or the media itself will decay within a similar time span. Paper and ink and paintings can and have lasted thousands of years. Stone and metal messages exist from similar epochs. I remember playing cylinder records on a Victrola type player. (How many still have 78 records?) Also, music from a player of metal disks and a player piano. A few original photos exist, fewer still from the era of the Polaroid camera. And, who still has information stored on punch cards? What about text from a DOS operation system computer? 8-track tape player? Tape cassette player and cassettes? How about just a 10 year old CD? Heck, what about emails from 8 years ago? People used to save personal letters and many still exist centuries later, at least from ‘famous’ people. This seldom is the case for emails, let alone phone calls or other recorded media. We have become a culture of not only very short attention spans but of even shorter historical memories. How say you? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
