In a message dated 3/1/2009 7:20:39 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: That describes somewhat how I felt after working at the British Library for 18 months, but it goes away.
Bob =========== I know I was going to shut up, because I've used too much band width. But there is a whole other issue that has not been raised. Digital is much easier to alter than analog. Like when we switch to digital TV signals, they are definitely going to spiffy up images, post process them and make people look better. Sure, you can do it with analog but it is much, much harder. So we won't be able to trust what we see on TV nearly as much (I know maybe we can't now, but I still think it means we will have to trust it a lot, lot less.) Same with books on silicon, or however they do it. A paper book I can tell if it's been altered, i.e. written on. A cyberbook I won't be able to tell. It really leaves it open to abuse and hacking. Just like your photos on the Net can be easily lifted and used elsewhere and you may never know about it, but you can tell if someone has physically walked into your home and lifted your photos from your walls. Digital is too _____ easy to alter. And that troubles me. So I wonder how authors will feel about the fact that it will be much, much easier to alter their words. Marnie And I have used too much bandwidth. Later. --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **************You're invited to Hollywood's biggest party: Get Oscars updates, red carpet pics and more at Moviefone. (http://movies.aol.com/oscars-academy-awards?ncid=emlcntusmovi00000001) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
