World's First Photo 162
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"'The image acknowledged as the world's first photograph - taken by a French inventor in 1826 - has passed its first full-scale analysis with flying colors and is now awaiting an airtight case that will keep it safe for centuries to come, scientists said Wednesday.'" See also the first color photography.
I'm willing to bet 20 francs... (Score:5, Funny)
I've lost track of the humber of technologies that were initially driven by porn. BBS's, Video CD's, e-commerce, and of course, the amazing X10 camera.
Here's one . . . (Score:2, Funny)
airtight case? (Score:2, Funny)
I wonder... (Score:2, Funny)
This is really the second photo (Score:3, Funny)
Tourists (Score:0, Funny)
"Oh, sank you vely much for most honober picka-cha." (bow)
Re:I'm willing to bet 20 francs... (Score:2, Funny)
Tissue paper?
actually... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Fading photos (was: Too bad that...) (Score:2, Funny)
Yes, CDRs do degrade (albeit slowly.) But you can always transfer the information over to new CDRs with no degredation (yay digital tech!)
I'm more concerned about my DV tapes. Will they degrade before I can afford to transfer them to DVDs (at current prices transferring even my small collection would cost me nearly a grand.)
If you really want to preserve your photos for eternity, post them to USENET. Everyone knows the binaries there are just the same photos being posted over and over...