Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Floppies - Actual Question Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 09:32:42 +0200 Lines: 60 Message-ID: References: <10b0i4g$3j4qf$10@dont-email.me> <10b1krp$3tbca$4@dont-email.me> <10b6au1$12qvf$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 1WzMEIFHTAQKiO5fd5Ik8w5GKPsNKttbR3Lzy3cadP8VFKMQYS X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:lpSLJGhK5pay7UFvSodQYVohfU8= sha256:sv7S4tiysmZCErofExTnCujTa43AoQnaT5oQGWoub+0= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:75453 On 2025-09-30 05:03, c186282 wrote: > On 9/29/25 08:22, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> On 2025-09-27 09:11, c186282 wrote: >>>    We need some 'impractical' media for long long >>>    term preservation, something we can copy the >>>    current stuff into, something not dependent >>>    on common hardware or 'cloud' replication. >>>    Laser-etched holograms in sapphire maybe ? >>>    That'd last 100,000 years easy. >> >> I glanced yesterday at a news of a glass that claimed something like >> that. > >   "Glasses" are not as stable as they seem - extreme >   long term anyhow. They're really just very thick >   fluids. Hum. I can't say if they said glass or crystal. I am unable to differentiate. Ah, I located the entry. In Spanish: *Goodbye to USB sticks, memory cards and hard drives: introducing indestructible glass that can store unlimited files* Microsoft's Project Silica uses special glass and femtosecond lasers to store data in such a way that it can remain intact for centuries without deteriorating. → Now I can search for other entries, ¡from 2024! So maybe summer serpent. > >   Aluminum oxide ... that'll last pretty good. >   Diamond is better but way too expensive. > >   There's short, medium, long and VERY VERY >   long-term storage. > >   Given the value of Sumerian clay tablets, I think >   we need to aim at at least 10,000 years for some >   of our stuff. A total civ rebuild - maybe 100,000 >   years would be necessary. Of course your convenience >   store receipts probably wouldn't be included ... >   OK maybe one or two for common-guy "context". > >   Anyway, think about near-indestructible storage media. >   'Replication'/cloud ... that's only good as long as >   the cloud still lives. A good solar flare or two and ... > Yes. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;