Date:         Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:26:39 -0500
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From:         "Steven C. Barr(x)" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: Yo' pod
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From: "Dick Spottswood" <[log in to unmask]>
> You're brave, you know that??.  I'd be the first one to greet cell phone 
> preservation with fear, loathing and, yes, disdain.  Digital is so 
> great--everything can be preserved, but not for long!
> 
One assumes this refers to the low-resolution digital cameras built
into many cellphones...right? AFAIK, the voice sugnals are analog...
and archiving text-message traffic would require appropriately young
"translators" to keep track of the abrvns...!

Steven C. Barr
(even though a lot of them haven't changed since I was K9JOO, working
15M CW...)