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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Funnily enough, digital signals/data can actually be preserved perfectly and indefinitely because of its property perfect regeneration. Most efficient way to do it is to replicate it before it decays below regeneration. That one star review can outlast any stone tablet if it keeps on being copied.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Sure. But I thought it was assumed that we were talking about writing that would survive without any additional interaction for extended periods.

If nobody is there to refresh the digital data, tablets, and papyrus, two of these will last millennia, one won't even make two centuries.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

We could store words on paper indefinitely if we keep copying it to fresh paper every so offen.

Obviously thats not practical or guaranteed for all of future history.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Most things last very long if stored properly. People tend to not do that, though. Probably why low-maintenance, high-permanence formats tend to keep the best.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

you have not an eternity machine no

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

It started as a joke but nowadays more and more old memes and screenshots can only be found in conditions like the last panel.