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you'd have to know the (physical) reading mechanism (plus encoding) to read the README.txt itself.
by stefs 7y ago
you'd have to know the (physical) reading mechanism (plus encoding) to read the README.txt itself.
- TuringTest 7y agoThat's why you put the ASCII encoding as well, plus the blueprints for a digital computer capable of running EMACS to decode it.
- aardshark 7y agoWell encoding is not an issue. Any civilisation who have the physical means to read the disc will be able to figure out the encoding fairly simply.
- orbital-decay 7y agoIt isn't that simple, many lost languages have only been restored because of the dual language books. Similarly, I think what matters here is the higher-order redundancy. A single encoding that can be lost, is not straightforward to figure out, and holds the clue to a massive storage, isn't the most future proof decision; it's a single point of failure.