Glass discs that can store 360TB and remain intact for billions of years (2016)
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Re: Glass discs that can store 360TB and remain intact for billions of years (2016)
#2What happens at 13.9B years?
Re: Glass discs that can store 360TB and remain intact for billions of years (2016)
#3What happens at 13.9B years?
Warranty expires.
Re: Glass discs that can store 360TB and remain intact for billions of years (2016)
#4What happens at 13.9B years?
Heat death of the universe
Re: Glass discs that can store 360TB and remain intact for billions of years (2016)
#5It looks like somebody just said "it will last as long as the universe" and someone else translated it into an actual number using too many significant digits.
How long can we realistically expect glass to last, judging from e.g. beads of volcanic glass embedded in the geological record?
Re: Glass discs that can store 360TB and remain intact for billions of years (2016)
#6What happens at 13.9B years?
I don't know, but if it happens at 13.7B years you RMA it!
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#7Re: Glass discs that can store 360TB and remain intact for billions of years (2016)
#8What happens at 13.9B years?
Nothing, it's roughly the current age of the universe.
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#9Re: Glass discs that can store 360TB and remain intact for billions of years (2016)
#10Given that the sun will die in about 5B Years, this is a bit of a gimmick :-D