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Can technology make the Herculaneum scrolls legible after 2,000 years? (2015)
- hnburnsy 8y agoBetteridge's law of headlines proven correct yet again... "“I do not expect this scroll will be read during my lifetime,” Delattre said, finally. He closed the lid of the small box with both hands, his shoulders slumped in defeat."
- yawz 8y agoWe frequently overestimate what we can do in 1 year, and underestimate what we can do in 10 years.
- ComputerGuru 8y agoNot really. The answer is “Yes it can, but politics, legal obstacles, and some slightly valid concerns about damaging the samples might stop them.”
- userbinator 8y agoInteresting to contrast this with the previous (far more optimistic) article discussed 3 years ago at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9585552 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9585552