On 10/05/10 21:32, John Gorentz wrote:
> At 07:56 PM 10/5/2010, STeve Andre' wrote:
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>> Even more wretched, paper is the longest term storage solution that
>> humanity has yet come up with.
>
> Cuneiforms on baked clay tablets have greater bandwidth than engraving
> on granite. But they are not quite as permanent a backup medium. As
> for privacy, forget it. Most encryption schemes have been broken.
> That's a problem with encoding your ideas into a system of fixed
> symbols, whether alphabetic or some other system of glyphs. If you
> want privacy as well as long-term storage, you might want to consider
> cave painting. People are still trying to figure out what those mean
> after 30,000 years, even though the public key is in plain sight.
> Pictures have that advantage over words. Think of some of the GUI
> interfaces that try to get by without using words on menu items, or
> some of the universal signs you might see marking the parts on the
> dashboard of your car. They make for a great encryption system --
> tough to crack. Cave paintings are like back to the future, so for
> present storage needs you might consider going forward to the past.
>
> John Gorentz
I sit corrected, and should have remembered it myself. I shudder to think
of the bit density of cuneiforms. Still, paper has the best record of
holding
important info over the centuries.
--STeve Andre'
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