[inforoots] "The digital Dark Age" (Sydney Morning Herald)

[Tim Robinson]

Mike Albaugh wrote:

> If it weren't for that "bloat factor", it might be cool to
> get Kyocera interested in "Cuneiform 2K", read with a
> needle.They do _amazing_ multi-layer ceramic packages
> with vias and all. Could probably put 4K "pits" per square
> inch, and we could probably get at least two bits per bit,
> with readily understandable readers producible by folks
> who had regained the mechanical skills of about 1800.
> 
If you haven't already seen it, check out what the Long Now Foundation 
is doing with the Rosetta Disk:

http://www.rosettaproject.org/live/disk


Tim Robinson