Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/09

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Subject: [Leica] Media Life--NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Sun Jan 9 17:41:46 2005
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I live in a photo-chemical laced atmosphere.
Nothing survives here that hasn't been itself chemically hardened.
S. Dimitrov


On Jan 9, 2005, at 5:37 PM, Brian Reid wrote:

> Carbon-based ink on archival-grade paper is known to last 400 years. 
> If I was really really worried about preserving some information for a 
> thousand years, I think I'd etch it into aluminum plates and seal them 
> in a dry box, but carbon-ribbon impact printing on museum-grade 
> line-printer paper is pretty darn close, and tractable.
>
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Slobodan Dimitrov
Photography
In reply to: Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Media Life--NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART)
Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] Media Life--NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART)