On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 19:34, Toby Thain <t...@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
> > On 24-Jan-10, at 11:26 AM, R.G. Keen wrote: > > ... >> >> I’ll just blather a bit. The most durable data backup medium humans have >> come up with was invented about 4000-6000 years ago. It’s fired cuniform >> tablets as used in the Middle East. Perhaps one could include stone carvings >> of Egyptian and/or Maya cultures in that. ... >> >> The modern computer era has nothing that even comes close. ... >> > > And I can’t bet on a really archival data storage technology becoming >> available. It may not get there in my lifetime. >> > > > A better digital archival medium may already exist: > http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/11/13/019202/Synthetic-Stone- > DVD-Claimed-To-Last-1000-Years That would be nice - but - I have to wonder how they would test it in order to justify the actual lifespan claim. Seems like the first real aging test would be down the road aways. Just as well it's a start-up I guess. Mezzanine funding round...to come...
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