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"Reliable data storage" is easy. Engrave the data into a metal plate, or chisel it into rocks. It's when you start adding things like "huge amounts of data" and
by vacri 10y ago
"Reliable data storage" is easy. Engrave the data into a metal plate, or chisel it into rocks. It's when you start adding things like "huge amounts of data" and "readable by computer" and "able to stream in real-time" and "interoperate with multiple devices" and "fits in your hand" and and and...
Hyperbole, yes, but the point is that the devil is in the details, and there's a hell of a lot of caveats to the term "reliable data storage". For example, in the modern era, if someone had a way to make ye olde floppy disks 100% reliable for 10 decades, they still wouldn't be used by that 99.9%, simply due to the low data capacity.