> > From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/05/16 Mon PM 11:01:22 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Leica digital back no longer vapourware > > On 16 May 2005 at 22:58, Jens Bladt wrote: > > > Most people buy digiatal cameras without realizing why they want it. If you > > want > > 4x6 print for your family album (that's what most people want), thers no > > reason > > to go digital. I believe history will remember our generation as the > > generation > > that didn't leave any photographs for the next generatoin. They will die as > > fast > > as the harddrives, CD's and servers within which they only exist for a few > > years, perhaps as much as a decade. Then they'll be lost forever. > > I'm with you regarding the environmental impact aspect of changing phones > yearly (or more) I personally have a hand-me-down and have only owned 4 > mobile > phones since 1992. I think it's a very sad state of affairs that you can > often > buy a new phone and service cheaper than it costs to just maintain a service > on > an existing phone.
The biggest problem with all this disposable personal technlogy is the power sources. It only takes one or two NiCad batteries to "kill" a landfill cell and prevent it doing its proper composting job. Most people don't realise that there is a jolly good reason for making it illegal to dispose of them in the normal refuse. Their small size makes it almost impossible to find them. m ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com virus-checked using mcAfee(R) Software visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
