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The perfect PC for disaster preppers who want wikipedia info after the world collapses.
by mesozoic 11y ago
The perfect PC for disaster preppers who want wikipedia info after the world collapses.
- TranquilMarmot 11y agoI'd rather just download all of wikipedia onto an SSD and plug it into a raspberry pi or something.
- creshal 11y agoSSDs are poor for long-term storage, as flash cells need occasional (=every few years) refreshing to not lose their data. Tapes or regular hard disks work better for that purpose.
- boznz 11y agoNews to me. what is your source?
- cellularmitosis 11y agohttp://www.anandtech.com/show/9248/the-truth-about-ssd-data-retention http://www.anandtech.com/show/9248/the-truth-about-ssd-data-...
- TranquilMarmot 11y agoThat's pretty interesting! I suppose tapes and hard disks are cheaper than SSDs anyway.
- DanBC 11y agoWhen I'm looting supermarkets for canned food in the post-apocalyptic gloom a list of all the Pokemon or fictional ducks is not one of my priorities.
- ctdonath 11y agoWhen you're trying to survive and eventually thrive, knowing that post-apocalyptic canned food is a strictly limited commodity, you'll want all the information you can get. Possessing a list of all the Pokemon or fictional ducks in the process is a natural consequence of amassing every file you can. "Pound pastrami, can kraut, six bagels--bring home for Emma" can spark the rebirth of civilization.
- VikingCoder 11y agoI mentioned the apocalypse smartphone concept to a guy on reddit once, and he immediately made sotheworldhasended.com and set up a wikimedia for it. I figure the idea has SOME legs... How many people go on those survival weekend things?
- nona 11y agothis would be even better for them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiReader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiReader runs on AAA batteries, because, you know :p