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130 years later, the now obsolete technology is found. Boy they are gonna have a hard time reading that note you left.
This is when we get to appreciate a medium such as text. Our information is becoming more and more complicated to the point that it might become impossible to decipher, or near impossible.
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Quite possibly. The Tokio Express[0] Lego spill[1] has provided some data on ocean currents. There was also a spill of yellow bath ducks that turn up on beaches around the world. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokio_Express#Accident [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28582621 Yaarr!!
The thing that sticks out to me is that they expect lego pieces to hit washington state 23 years after the spill without biodegrading. I hope we're able to fix that someday.
It was damp? How does a slip of paper last 130 years when there's water in the bottle?
Write a note on your iPad. Remove that silly pin number, turn it off. Put it in a bag. Put it in the attic. Live your life and forget all about it. 130 years later, the now obsolete technology is found. Boy they are gonna have a hard time reading that note you left. This is when we get to appreciate a medium such as text. Our information is becoming more and more complicated to the point that it might become impossib…
I am really amazed that a ships log from 132 years ago was retained and is still available. Is this a common thing?
Archives of the Royal Navy officers logs seems to date back the 1660s. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/r...
You do wonder if the NSA will declassify its records 100 years from now.
Write a note on your iPad. Remove that silly pin number, turn it off. Put it in a bag. Put it in the attic. Live your life and forget all about it. 130 years later, the now obsolete technology is found. Boy they are gonna have a hard time reading that note you left. This is when we get to appreciate a medium such as text. Our information is becoming more and more complicated to the point that it might become impossib…
... And the NAND flash has long since drained it's charge.
I am really amazed that a ships log from 132 years ago was retained and is still available. Is this a common thing?
I am really amazed that a ships log from 132 years ago was retained and is still available. Is this a common thing?
There are massive archives of historical brewing data from various breweries in the UK dating back to the 1800s, this guy has a blog all about old British beer: http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com
There are also parish records for births, deaths, and marriages going back centuries in the UK as well as taxation records for centuries.
People love keeping records of things.
If you want to have a look at what weird things we still have records of, have a look at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/, it's a treasure trove of old data.
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Archives of the Royal Navy officers logs seems to date back the 1660s. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/r...
The archives of the Spanish Archive of the Indies are a century older than that, and if the Portuguese Casa da Índia hadn't been destroyed in the great 1755 earthquake we'd have sailing records from the dawn of the Age of Discoveries. The records and maps were national secrets, and for good reason. You do wonder if the NSA will declassify its records 100 years from now.