Issac Asimov once wrote an article about the transmission of information in permanent form. After going through all the proposals and ideas at that time to make obtaining information easier, be described a thing which ended up as a book.
Posted by: St. Thor at December 5, 2010 10:37 AMIn one of David Brin's "Uplift" books, sophisticated star-traveling Galactics are trapped on a primitive world and are introduced to books.
After some confusion, one of them becomes enthusiastic: "A permanent, random-access data store that isn't detectable from orbit!"
Regards,
Ric
Dayamn, Gerard. All of Tumblr's Database are belong to clusterf*ck.
Posted by: Jewel at December 5, 2010 7:02 PMIt will survive an EMP and the FCC, not to mention Michael Moore.
Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck at December 6, 2010 8:09 AMIt's 5:09 on a Monday evening and I'm smiling.
Best minute-plus of my day.
Posted by: shoreacres at December 6, 2010 3:10 PM
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