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You can't talk live to someone 4000 miles away using clay tablets.
by farseer 4y ago
You can't talk live to someone 4000 miles away using clay tablets.
- mellavora 4y agoYeah, well, 4000 years later and some people still wonder when we'll get video conferencing to just work. At least the form factor has held up well.
- peoplefromibiza 4y agoOTOH you can't send a message 4000 years in the future with your phone, while clay tablets pulled it off.
- Cthulhu_ 4y ago@RemindMe 4000 years Who knows, some bots or digital calendars might stand the test of time.
- registeredcorn 4y agoMan, just imagine how many pending updates you would have after 4,000 years.
- tartoran 4y agoClay tablets send messages in time and are more reliable in that way. The message is broadcast continously on a short distance (as far as reading distance), it does not require any form of energy and if no other circumstances are completely destroying the artefact (it could still be pieced back together if broken) it could last a really long time, well beyond any modern technology