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There used to be a format that was highly resilient to errors. It was called film.
by mark-r 7y ago
There used to be a format that was highly resilient to errors. It was called film.
- jdminhbg 7y agoAs long as you didn't send it through an airport X-ray machine, among other issues.
- mark-r 7y agoX-ray machines are only a problem for undeveloped film. Developed film is much more resilient.
- avmich 7y agoOf course singular - or linear, say, from bad projection device - defects in that are rather final, and this format has a host of inconveniences like fire hazard, inability to get transferred over networks, comparatively huge costs of copying, large physical size demands etc. We can perhaps use a convenient digital format for images and add to it, ahem, anti-corruption measures. Single file is still going to be vulnerable - even though to a less extent - if you, say, add some Reed-Solomon protection; but now you can use distributed networks the size of a planet, or even more. Organization of such a storage could be an interesting problem - at least partially solved already.
- mark-r 7y agoI'm not saying film is perfect. But it's an often overlooked choice that has worked well for the last 50 years.