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This long-term data storage will last 14 billion years (www.theregister.com)
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"the medium is silica crystal, similar to optical cable, it's highly durable. It's also capacious: The technology can store up to 360 TB of data on a 5-inch glass platter."

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[โ€“] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We still have Ford-Ts that are alive and kicking so pretty sure in a 100 years some museum will still have a working reading device for this. If this ever comes to market. Also the claim is just to ensure businesses that their backups on this medium will still be 100% readable in a couple of decades, even when the medium hasn't been stored properly. Unlike tape that has a good chance to rot after 5 years. If it lasts a billion years it surely will survive some damp forgotten basement room for a few decades.

[โ€“] probable_possum@leminal.space 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Fair. I agree with your arguments.

But I tried to clarify that I'm making fun of a not yet market-ready product (many are just fantasies to collect investor money and there won't be a product ever.) and its exaggerated claims by pointing out that the sun will have died by then and no one cares about your excel sheets anymore. And more practical limitations like missing software and devices to read and understand the contents in a much shorter time frame. I exaggerated back if you will. ;)