Talk:Digital Revolution/Archive 1
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"Living in the present
Resolved"For those living in the present" ? That seems a little awkward.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.164.81.214 (talk • contribs) 08:14, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
Revised "Concerns" per suggestion
I removed the "in the present" line from the "Concerns" section and threw together a somewhat meatier first paragraph to that section. I'll look at it again later to see if this section can be improved/expanded when I have more time.
Beingzoe 21:17, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
Contradiction
ResolvedIn the last phararaph:
"Although digital information is easily created, it is also fragile and easily deleted, destroyed..."
...
"...digital information today is far too easy to reproduce, and far too hard to destroy."
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.66.7.213 (talk • contribs) 18:42, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
- well, i dont see that as a contradiction,just bad choice of words.
- Digital information is, by nature, very fragile and will decay very easily compared to, say, a stone tablet. In a historical context there is already great difficulty in examining "digital" content from only a few decades ago - eg, anyone own a betamax player? or a record player.. and how long will those old tapes keep information?
- The other comement is to do with replication of information and verification. Information on the web is copied, linked, spread at an enourmous rate, and once a particular snippet of information gets on the web, its is next to impossible to "get it off the net". cf - spread of computer viruses, illicit "sex tapes" being spread over peer to peer, the problems of enforcing digital rights management tools etc.
- Of course, those very same copies may be completely illegible in 10 years time... especially with constant updating of video codex, changing encryption/zip protocols etc.
- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.138.138.89 (talk • contribs) 09:56, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
- He is saying those to sentences contradict each other... not the the sentences contradict themselves
- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.43.235.241 (talk • contribs) 06:25, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
- Information cannot be destroyed. The info is not fragile but the records that contain it are. The author is talking about the records. I changed the article to reflect the intent and some minor edits. I don't know if minutia is a word but I left it in.
- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Awis (talk • contribs) 23:56, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Please sign your comments on talk page with 4 tildes, i.e. ~~~~ which will automatically be replaced by yourt name and a timestamp, like this RJFJR 04:51, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
Uhh
ResolvedWhy the heck does Digital Revolution redirect to the 1990s and Digital revolution redirect to the 1950s??? 24.111.234.4 (talk) 04:29, 24 July 2008 (UTC)