manual file types

[John Foust]

At 07:05 AM 2/1/2005, Jules Richardson wrote:
>Apart from it's horrible for anything source documentation with pictures
>in it. Quite often I find someone's scanned something without proofing
>it first and then saved it with bi-level, completely trashing any photos
>inside :-(  It's annoying when it's some hard-to-find document and you
>not only want the information but the presentation of the original too.

All this reminds me of Nicholson Baker's "Double Fold":

http://dir.salon.com/books/review/2001/04/27/baker/index.html

Except in his case, he's talking about the destruction of
original newspapers and poor microfilming.

- John