Lossy compression vs. archiving and OCR (was Re: Many things)

Randy wrote: As I stated in another post, my comments are only intended to influence ongoing archival efforts, and are not in any way intended to criticize the efforts of people who are scanning documents and making them available. I have found several of the documents on your web site to be very helpful. Thanks for providing them! Even though I don't like lossy compression applied to text and line art, and try to discourage it, a lossy-compression DjVu file of a document is MUCH more useful than not having the document at all. I might try to draw the line at JPEGs of text and line art though. They literally hurt my eyes (by causing eye strain) due to the bluriness of the edges. Still, if it's a document I really need I suppose I'd rather be able to get the JPEG than nothing at all. None at all. Anyone that thinks otherwise is a fool. Eric