Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 17, 2010, at 10:14 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > "It will be interesting to see how long this cherished prejudice by the > > academic community and writers against digital is allowed to continue." > > > Where did Luggers get the idea that the academic community is against > digital. I've been using digital storage since before the days of the > floppy > disc (IBM cards, 8" discs, 5 1/4" discs 3.5" discs, 2" discs, hard discs, > CDs, DVDs, SS cards, etc.). Most professional academic journals require > papers (an anachronism) to be submitted via the internet. Art shows require > paintings to be juried on CDs. The internet itself was invented, via ARPA, > so that academic institutions could communicate electronically on > government > related projects. Indeed, I was there at the invention of the pre-internet > (but not Al Gore) and if me and my colleagues has patented some of our > ideas, I would be writing this from my yacht anchored off Monte Carlo. Who > knew? My main objection to digital is that you can't read a CD in the > bathroom. with the advent of the iPad, gen 2... that may change... Steve > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information