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Ive had this idea kicking around for over a decade to make ceramic or granite slabs of sufficient dimensions as demonstrated by artifacts found from archeologic
by wizardforhire 6y ago
Ive had this idea kicking around for over a decade to make ceramic or granite slabs of sufficient dimensions as demonstrated by artifacts found from archeological digs so as to withstand elements and time and etch the surfaces of sufficient depth so as to maintain their features and then have an analog projection apparatus that uses sunlight so as to magnify the feature, also constructed of similar means. Design the components all open source buy plots in cemeteries around the world and any where else that wont be subducted via techtonics in any time soon and just bury wikipedia or whatever else. The Long now meets that scene in the time machine basically. All in the hopes of confronting this exact scenario you’ve outlined.
- Someone 6y agoThe Long Now foundation isn’t only building a clock. It also is thinking about long-term conservation of data. See https://rosettaproject.org/ https://rosettaproject.org/)
- Ductapemaster 6y agoReading about their clock and my subsequent research into how one would "communicate" through design that a particular site (say, nuclear waste dump) was harmful and not something to be messed with or explored was the original impetus for this thought experiment. It's fun to dream!