opinions on very long term storage and references from Google

From: Bryan Pope <bpope_at_wordstock.com>
Date: Mon May 10 10:31:22 2004

And thusly Michael Sokolov spake:
>
> The best long-term storage method I know of is to inscribe the information on a
> tablet of wet clay and bake it in an oven, after which it becomes hard as rock.
> Sumerians did this 6000 years ago and their writings are still perfectly
> readable.
>
> MS
>

Now we just need to find a way to get more storage per square inch of baked
clay.

Cheers,

Bryan
Received on Mon May 10 2004 - 10:31:22 BST

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