[filmscanners] Re: No more Kodak CD-R's

["Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>]

Julian writes:

> If the bad bit is in an in an executable, it
> can certainly wreak a lot of havoc.

Photographs are not executables.

> Been there, seen that.

I don't recall having ever encountered it, but it has only been a few
decades, so it is statistically unlikely.

> We take it for granted that our computer data
> will be written perfectly, but it is quite
> remarkable when we think about how many bits
> are shuffled around when in file copies, installs,
> backups, restores, etc.

Yes.  It still is written perfectly, though.

It isn't really that amazing when you compare it to, say, DNA replication.



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