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Exactly, the idea of media that basically lasts forever is really useful in my opinion. We currently don’t have anything that would last as long as regular paper. Most of the information we have is stored on volatile media. Using something like this to permanently record accumulated knowledge like scientific papers, technology blueprints, and so on, would be a very good idea in my opinion.
shit, I dropped the magic crystal. sorry everyone.
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There was one endeavor by microsoft i believe to use glass for data storage but i dont know how that fared. It does sound really promising though.
yeah it's pretty exciting
Wait, have M-Discs been discredited?
Kind of out of the loop on that. The general idea of engraving stuff with a laser in something like glass or diamond seems legit though.
M-Discs are DVDs and Blurays with a less volatile chemical composition, like rock. It takes a stronger laser to etch them, so an M-Disc-capable burner is required, but they claim to last one thousand years (in favorable conditions like a dry cave)
It sounds like somewhat different tech then.
Sure, but you were talking about media that last as long as paper, so I thought it deserved a mention.
yeah fair