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Microsoft develops ultra durable glass plates that can store several TBs of data for 10000 years::Project Silica’s coaster-size glass plates can store unaltered data for thousands of years, creating sustainable storage for the world

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[–] BreakDecks@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I bet people in the 80's said stuff like this when music started coming out on digital rainbow mirrors (CDs).

[–] Drunemeton@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Nope! The futuristic aspect was that they didn’t jam.

“No more cassette players eating my $8 album!? I LOVE LIVING IN THE FUTURE!”

[–] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That was more the reaction to Sony mini-discs. Video players using large laser discs had been around for a while.

[–] BreakDecks@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mini-discs still feel futuristic for some reason.

[–] reptar@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree, but can't figure out why. Maybe because it wasn't wildly adopted?

[–] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Every time I watch Johnny Mnemonic and he snaps in that laser disc I think "so cool"... :)

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

Sony paid a pretty penny for us to think that I bet.

[–] BreakDecks@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Keanu Reeves also stored his malware on MDs in The Matrix. Most cyberpunk guy alive (also in Cyberpunk 2077).