12:57 AM
Since I can't find a way to link directly (and permanently) to Bruce Sterling's latest post on the Infinite Matrix, I'm goint to reprint it here:

10.25.02

These "Edison's Ark" guys are upset because the Patent Office is obliterating its old paper records and digitizing them.

http://www.edisonsark.org/PatentArt/ index.htm

So they're like, digging stuff out of trash cans and putting it on the web. Huh?

http://www.edisonsark.org/PatentArt/pages/kibler2050185.htm

What does he mean, "huh"? Look at the site. See how much information is being thrown away by the Patent Office as they scan in the original images to make the new digital versions. Seems pretty straight forward to me--Edison's Ark is doing the Good Work, covering for the Patent Office's screw-up.

I don't mind things being digitized, so long as they're digitized properly.