Have you ever lost data moving something around a network? Have you ever discovered after that data was lost that the last six months of backups were bad because... (fill in the blank with your favorite excuse/reason). Yes I know you can destroy data stored in analog form on negatives as well. I personally have a box of negatives that I've misplaced and have no Idea where they are. But I also have two 8.4 gig hard drives that failed just after I transferred everything to them during an upgrade. They make lovely paperweights. I still have some hopes of finding that box.
At 09:44 AM 8/29/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > > > Most digital images taken today will be useless in 20 years -because the > > quality has moved on, or the storage formats change and the old are no > > longer readable.... I will always be able to look at the pictures I took >on > > slides and scan them again (color fading is no longer a problem of modern > > films. Lifetime appears to be secure for 50-100 years storage time). > > > >No way. The installed base of jpg/tiff et al is huge. We'll be able to >read that for at least as long as your slides last! > >As to the physical format, who cares? Any collection of pictures can be >moved around a network as devices move to higher densities. > >-R
