On Oct 26, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Patrick Shaw Stewart wrote: > The principle is that the movie is written to the same area of memory, > jumping back to the beginning when it is full (this part is not essential, > but it makes the principle clear). Then, when the photographer takes his > finger off the trigger, the last x seconds is permanently stored. So you > keep your wits about you, and press the metaphorical "store" button just > after you have got the movie in the can so to speak
This idea seems equivalent to only storing permanently those datasets that actually yield structures worthy of deposition. James