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We still can't read Linear A, the language of Minoan Greece.

• inglor_cz 5y ago
  Forgotten protocols are a thing until today. AFAIK we have problems deciphering the recorded transmissions of Lunokhod, the Soviet probe that landed on the Moon. Everyone who knew the code is dead.
  • lai-yin 5y ago
    Would be interesting to have a catalogue of endangered protocols/knowledge bases - similar to the endangered species list. Bit of a tangent: just occurred to me that part of the story arc for the show 'Mr. Robot' is hackers trying to erase an entire knowledge base - the debt history of billions of people. The protagonists try to achieve this goal by peaceful means, but...okay I'm going to stop spoiling it's an awesome show check it out.
    • p1esk 5y ago
      In Mr Robot the goal was to destroy a data base, not a knowledge base. Data != knowledge.
      • lai-yin 5y ago
        Fair point!
  • spdegabrielle 5y ago
    The OAIS reference model was created to address the issue in space data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Archival_Information_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Archival_Information_Syst...