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At that point, you might record storage media and technology information at lower resolution to make it easy to read and easily identifiable. Like a text on how
by AstralStorm 6y ago
At that point, you might record storage media and technology information at lower resolution to make it easy to read and easily identifiable. Like a text on how this thing works engraved on it, with a magnifying glass. We partially do that on product labels that say you should open it only in high vacuum or laminar chamber. (Simplified to "do not open" for normal people.)
- Someone 6y agoThe LongNow foundation has thought about that, too. They start of with “how would people be able to understand that text?”. See https://blog.longnow.org/02012/10/12/decoding-long-term-data-storage/ https://blog.longnow.org/02012/10/12/decoding-long-term-data.... I remember reading about a project that started with instructions on how to build a stage 1 instrument (a microscope, IIRC) that allows you to read the instructions to build a stage 2 instrument that allows you to read the instructions to build a stage 3 instrument, etc. but cannot find it.
- selfhoster11 6y agoIs this the one you are referring to? https://rosettaproject.org/disk/concept/ https://rosettaproject.org/disk/concept/
- Someone 6y agoNo. That doesn’t describe technology needed to read it, and doesn’t require different tech (only better and better eyes). There was a way more convoluted one. Maybe it was a SF story.
- thequux 6y agoSounds kind of like this paper from 2015[1], which has been a source of inspiration for me for the last 5 years since I read it. [1] https://archive.org/details/tr2015004_cuneiform/ https://archive.org/details/tr2015004_cuneiform/
- Someone 6y agoThanks! It’s not what I remember, but interesting, nevertheless.