Comment on This long-term data storage will last 14 billion years
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 1 week agoWe still have Ford-Ts that are alive and kicking so pretty sure in a 100 years some museum will still have a working reading device for this. If this ever comes to market. Also the claim is just to ensure businesses that their backups on this medium will still be 100% readable in a couple of decades, even when the medium hasn’t been stored properly. Unlike tape that has a good chance to rot after 5 years. If it lasts a billion years it surely will survive some damp forgotten basement room for a few decades.
probable_possum@leminal.space 1 week ago
Fair. I agree with your arguments.
But I tried to clarify that I’m making fun of a not yet market-ready product and its exaggerated claims by pointing out that the sun will have died by then and no one cares about your excel sheets anymore. And more practical limitations like missing software and device to read and understand the contents in a much shorter time frame. I exaggerated back if you will. ;)