Dilbert Wrote:
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> When everything is all electronic, both text and
> photos, it will be so easy to change history and
> other records with the pressing of the "delete"
> key. I know of at least one college museum that
> now regrets making their photo collection all
> digital (and shredding the
> originals as un-needed)---the latest and greatest
> format at the time is now absolete and the only
> machine they kept that can read the stuff is
> broke. Books and photos are nearly forever,
> digital survives only as long as the technology is
> current and kept up, provided no one hits the
> delete key, edits the stuff to "correct" history,
> and someone is around that still knows how to make
> it all work.

It's unbelievable how many people don't understand or care about the many unresolved issues and threats posed by the senseless conversion to digital of books, photos and paper files. Americans in particular are too busy focusing on digitizing and computerizing everything without concern over whether or not it SHOULD be done at all.