The Big Yellow Papa speaks...

2002-09-27 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2278678.stm Quite frankly people do not want films or digital cameras they just want pictures --- Cheers, Bob

re: The big yellow papa speaks

2002-09-27 Thread mike wilson
Hi, I'm not sure I agree with his comment The internet explodes the number of people that have access to pictures. The point is made often in this forum that the majority of human beings have difficulty getting access to things like clean water, never mind esoteric electronic goods. Film is

Re[2]: The big yellow papa speaks

2002-09-27 Thread Mike Ignatiev
] Subject: re: The big yellow papa speaks Hi, I'm not sure I agree with his comment The internet explodes the number of people that have access to pictures. The point is made often in this forum that the majority of human beings have difficulty getting access to things like clean water

re: The big yellow papa speaks

2002-09-27 Thread Valentin Donisa
On Fri, 2002-09-27 at 15:02, mike wilson wrote: I find it amusing that we are heading for a situation where the average person is going to expect nothing more than an image with the (technical) quality of a neolithic cave painting. I resent that. Cave technology is actually great. Let's talk

re|: The big yellow papa speaks

2002-09-27 Thread mike wilson
Hi, The caveman grunted: I resent that. My deepest apologies if you were offended. Once more my inadquate descriptive skills leap to the fore. I was meaning that, with the advent of such things as videophones (for crying out loud!) people were happy with an image which required as much

Re[2]: The big yellow papa speaks

2002-09-27 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi Valentin, nice to hear the sound of digital speleology again g. There's a flaw in your argument, unfortunately. We only get to see the cave paintings that have survived. Maybe, 60,000 years ago, there were as many cave paintings as there are now photographs, but they only lasted a few years.