Thursday, July 12, 2012

A Million-Year Hard Disk

Yes. Write down the same text in, say, the top 10 major modern languages and writing systems (let's say, English, Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, Hindi, French, Russian, Japanese etc).

Maybe include a concise dictionary of each language as well.

That way, even if the thing doesn't end up being useful for its designated purpose as a nuclear site marker, it may one day in the far future serve as a Rosetta Stone for the languages and writing systems of our era.

Source: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/6xkrshJyjqc/a-million-year-hard-disk

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