Re: [ARSCLIST] Paper cuts – going all-digital still not popular [Re: Preservation ]

[Lou Judson <loujudson@xxxxxxx>]

Sent this message to a filmmaker friend, and he returned with this:


“I would be surprised to see actual, legally binding documents
maintained in purely electronic form,”

Fer sherr. The key issue is nonvolatility and tamper resistance. (Did 
someone say "voting machines?")

FYI, in the early days of filmmaking you could only copyright images on 
paper, so prints were struck on long rolls of paper. Unlike the 
cellulose nitrate film base of that era (which decomposes into an 
explosive powder) or the more recent cellulose acetate (which can 
decompose into vingear and something else) those paper prints are still 
like new. And now we've got the digital scanners that can restore those 
films to playablity. Friend of mine makes the scanners now used by the 
Library of Congress, which digitally register the frames (cuz there are 
no physical sprocketholes). Probably some of those films will be 
lasered out to film -- but mylar-based this time!

I never know about paper films - anyone here know more?

Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio
415-883-2689

On Sep 3, 2006, at 7:20 AM, Mwcpc6@xxxxxxx wrote:

> olh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Simple chemistry is far more stable than complex chemistry. Binary 
> code is
> outrageously inefficient from a thruput standpoint and demands far 
> more complex
> media in order to be practical. If the average corporate executive 
> really knew
> how fragile and potentially unstable digital media is, I think they'd 
> freak.
> *********************