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nathan_long on Aug 13, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Back up your precious files on ordinary paper

That's why I write all my crucial data onto stone tablets.

The write speed and data density are terrible, the drive, media and storage space cost a fortune, but dang if the data won't last a couple thousand years.

thebigshane on Aug 13, 2012 [–]

Discussions like these always bring me back to the "10,000 year clock" ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_of_the_Long_Now

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