1 May 13:43
26 March 2008: The world's first Document Freedom Day
HI, I think this might interest Commons contributors. Yann -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [LIG] 26 March 2008: The world's first Document Freedom Day Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:58:13 +0530 From: Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया] <fred (at) bytesforall.org Today is Document Freedom Day: Roughly 200 teams from more than 60 countries worldwide are organising local activities to raise awareness for Document Freedom and Open Standards. To support the initiatives surrounding the first day to celebrate document liberation, DFD starter packs containing a DFD flag, t-shirts and leaflets have been sent to the first 100 registered teams over the past weeks. In a world where records are increasingly kept in electronic form, Open Standards are crucial for valuable information to outlive the application in which it was initially generated. The question of Document Freedom has severe repercussions for freedom of choice, competition, markets and the sovereignty of countries and their governments. "We are very happy about the response and activities that teams around the world have scheduled," says Ivan Jelic, DFD Coordinator. "Activities we have heard about range from local speeches and information events through to prizes being given to governmental bodies that adopted good policies in the field of Document Freedom and Open Standards. It will be a challenge to document everything that is taking place today."(Continue reading)
How correctable is the colour? Is the light so bright it blows out
highlights on the sensor? (These things basically use the same sensors
as compact digital cameras.) Correctable I can deal with (I could even
script it), blown highlights are another matter. Does it only save as
JPEG or also as PNG/TIFF?
My main application is the two boxes of photos upstairs going back
twenty years: lots and lots and lots of negatives. I think with the
film scanner I'll need to be getting a 2TB disk drive.
(Also looking at the somewhat pricier ones, about double the price.
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