-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Tuesday 2005-11-22 at 22:07 -0800, Kai Ponte wrote:
Having a long history with document imaging and storage systems, I ended up one time in a discussion about five years ago with one of the guys who was maintaining the records for the U-2 project, which at the time was still ongoing.
Sorry, I don't know what U-2 is :-?
He had a great point - all their information is kept in microfilm. If they had tried to use some electronic means in the '50s, '60's, '70's or even '80s, it would have quickly been obsolete and extremely expensive to maintain. Microfilm on the other hand is cheap and longer lasting.
True, unfortunately. In the worst case, you only need a good magnifying glass. On the other hand, it degrades with use (scratches). - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFDhIzvtTMYHG2NR9URAmY4AKCL0SXNhgCDwqw561JeIGa/552zSQCfYHkK Pqp4bXJYqMHGyYTkzBTC5uQ= =SKWC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----