Bruh, it’s quartz glass. Tf you think is going to happen to it?
Comment on Microsoft develops ultra durable glass plates that can store several TBs of data for 10000 years
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
MS: it can last for 10000 years!
Me: have you tested that
MS: well no b-
Me: your company is not even 50 years old
MS: but we ran the simulations
Me: …
I really hate this like ‘in my imaginary world, where everything is perfect and not as much as an atom of dirt comes into contact with the product, and therefore nobody uses the product while it is sealed in a vacuum chamber, then hypothetically it will still be good in a billion years. MTBF = infinity. ship it.’
cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 1 year ago
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I dunno, I’m not 10,000 years old. I’llet you know.
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Just some real world experience:
Many, but not all books made of paper have survived the last world war. I’m not so sure about all the glass plates.
Terminarchs@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
I get where you’re coming from, but I also think it’s fair to say archaeologists have at least some insight into what happens to glass over long periods of time. Hopefully Microsoft has consulted with them.