[NTLUG:Discuss] CD Turning 25

[Robert Pearson]

On 8/18/07, Fred <fredstevens at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 Dennis Rice <dennis at dearroz.com> wrote:
>
> > So how does one insure that data is not lost (as I have done with my
> > old Syquest) as technology advances?  What are your thoughts and
> > predictions?  What would you do to insure that information is not
> > lost?
>
> Start with a big laser and a sheet of granite, then etch all your data onto
> the granite. Bury it in the sand. It worked for the Egyptians. Their data
> has lasted over 5000 years. Of course their "lasers" were chisels but
> they work the same.
>
> Anything else sucks in comparison, so if you're not using that method,
> be prepared for the "Syquest effect".
>
> Fred


That would be an interesting macro approach.
A more practical approach today would be to use a laser to write the
Encyclopaedia Britannica on the head of a pin. Or an area that size.
<<http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1042.htm>>

A very interesting PowerPoint presentation on Nanotechnology is at:
[HTML version]
<<http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:NQII5yp7H8IJ:electron.fullerton.edu/~heidi/nano1.ppt+write+Britannica+on+a+pin+head&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us>>

A Google search for "write Britannica on a pin head" gives some very
interesting alternatives.

Robert