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> The most likely case, though, is that in 150 years, the servers it was stored on, which have not been running for 80 years, will be picked over and/or melted
by walrus01 5y ago
> The most likely case, though, is that in 150 years, the servers it was stored on, which have not been running for 80 years, will be picked over and/or melted down for precious metal contents by a tinker who wanders between mud-hut villages repairing their ancient metal pots in exchange for dried fish.
somewhat reminds me of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz
- murphyslab 5y agoThat's such a good book. I first read it after reading Wikipedia's "Terminal Event Management Policy" (a humorous page) which noted: > In the longer term, archivists are encouraged to pool the resources of the encyclopedia for the common good. A suggested model of collaboration is based on the Leibowitz-Canticle report of the 1960s, which suggests pooling of archives in a centralized location, which might serve as a hub for reconstruction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Terminal_Event_Management_Policy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Terminal_Event_Manag... After reading that I quickly found a copy in the library to enjoy. Not many sci-fi books from 1959 have remained as relevant and fresh 6 decades later.