en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/556181 Comments by verycool613 http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2009/05/episode-79-may-27-30-2009/#IDComment22992971 re: Digital Preservation. The angle taken on this segment focused on being able to run today's software on tomorrow's computers and operating systems. But the more important question, I believe is will we be able to view PDF files or JPEG images of MPEG videos? I think that the answer will probably be "yes." For one thing, these are actual standards (in the case of JPEG and MPEG) and a de facto standard (in the case of PDF) that have come into such widespread use that future generations of software and operating systems will have to be able to deal with them. Which brings me to my next point which is the supposed loss of paper documentation. Ever heard of scanning or digitization? I know it is a pain but once precious documents have been digitized you can store them in the "cloud" for ever and access them from anywhere on the planet. What's more, using databases and/or key words you can make them much easier to find than in a box of hard copy (paper) lying in your basement. Any thoughts? Mon, 1 Jun 2009 16:19:12 +0000 http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2009/05/episode-79-may-27-30-2009/#IDComment22992971