On Sat, Mar 02, 2019 at 08:07:21AM -0800, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > On a related topic, what can be recommended for archival storage -- > decades or maybe even centuries? ... You, my friend, have named an issue that is still unresolved. NASA bet on a gold-plated copper record. Researchers are looking into actually using DNA (so THAT is what all our junk DNA is for--we're nothing but some kid's music collection...) There really isn't an answer. Historically, cuneiform clay tablets seem to be a good bet, but data density sucks. And as this is almost the definition of off-topic, I will scurry away, my fancy tickled. -- Dave Ihnat ignatz@xxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
