Microsoft develops ultra durable glass plates that can store several TBs of data for 10000 years::Project Silica’s coaster-size glass plates can store unaltered data for thousands of years, creating sustainable storage for the world

  • @[email protected]
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    2611 months ago

    I bet people in the 80’s said stuff like this when music started coming out on digital rainbow mirrors (CDs).

    • Drunemeton
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      1911 months ago

      Nope! The futuristic aspect was that they didn’t jam.

      “No more cassette players eating my $8 album!? I LOVE LIVING IN THE FUTURE!”

    • @grabyourmotherskeys
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      1011 months ago

      That was more the reaction to Sony mini-discs. Video players using large laser discs had been around for a while.

        • @reptar
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          811 months ago

          I agree, but can’t figure out why. Maybe because it wasn’t wildly adopted?

          • @grabyourmotherskeys
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            511 months ago

            Every time I watch Johnny Mnemonic and he snaps in that laser disc I think “so cool”… :)