I always hear that canard "will we even be able to read it in x years? "
I think that would be pretty simple for any civilization 1000 years more advanced than us. #1000yeardvds
@Gary_7vn: uh... it took a while for us to relearn how to decipher the Mayan writings. Who is to say that the languages of today will even be understood a 1000 years from now?
Just because one is more "advanced" does not mean one will be able to deal with "old tech." Fixed any vacuum tube stereos lately? #1000yeardvds
@RainyDayInterns: But the Mayans didn't have manuals or any type of storage devices. You may not be able to fix a vacuum tube stereo but I'm sure there's a manual for them somewhere that can be accessed. All it would take is for someone to WANT to fix one. We haven't lost the ability or the knowledge, just the need. Pretty much everything from the 1960's onward will be stored in some way shape or form for future generations. That is the point that the human race is at now. For someone 1000 years in the future to read a CD/DVD all they would have to do it pull up the schematics of a DVD player and build one. I bet they'd actually be pretty cheap in 3009. So yes, we have actually become "advanced" enough to not have to worry about "old tech" anymore. It's become trivial to replicate if there's a need. #1000yeardvds
@ninjamurf: big stone blocks = pretty stable storage.
We are losing knowledge which are irretrievable all the time as ...most Apollo design decisions were never documented. As those engineers die, the details when with them.
Thinking we are "advance" enough about "anything" is just folly.
@RainyDayInterns: Have you tried putting all the current knowledge of your civilization into big stone blocks? Doesn't matter how stable it is if it's not "easy". Today we can have the entire library of congress on a thumb drive.
And I'm not sure why we need the "Apollo design decisions"? We have better designers today, who learned from those designers anyway. Are you thinking that someone is going to want to rebuild an Apollo craft? We can do that, but, again, there is just no need.
And thinking that we are NOT advanced enough to deal with "old tech" just sounds silly? Same for thinking that we won't be able to read a CD a thousand years from now. Information is now created and shared on a world wide basis every day. The redundancy that we have now is just ridiculous. Something that wasn't happening with the Mayans.
The best part is that 1,000, technologically, might as well be millions, so before optical media even reaches 100 years, we'd probably have little reason to use it. I can't imagine anyone in their right mind being taken in by this snake oil disc.
I would like a 80mm mini CD version to put into my lead lined titanium urn along with a air tight vile of blood and some other notable scraps. I always thought a data disk with a bunch of info and files would be great for my future generations to enjoy. I know I like to look through my great grandparents things. It may sound morbid but hell we all die, may as well plan for it ; /
@j05hu4: lol, I was thinking more towards family pictures, important documents and my digital art. But it might be interesting to hide a folder containing my porn collection.
"..and here Jimmy is your great great granddads art work, and whats this.... oh dear god!"
"mommy why were those naked people wrestling?" #1000yeardvds
I’m thinking "So what." We all know that a few years down the line someone is going to come up with an even more efficient form of data storage, and these disks will be obsolete. All I can think of when I see this, is the boxes of VHS tapes I have sitting in the garage. #1000yeardvds
Yeah, I have a feeling that, even if we still had DVD players in 1000 years, optical media isn't how you'd want to store your things over the next millennium... #1000yeardvds
felony obscenity? I'm kind of baffled that there is a "felony obscenity" category in the first place, and secondly, I would think it would involve something like getting naked, sneaking up behind a woman and tapping her on her shoulder with your member so that she turns around and comes eye to eye with the ol one eye. Now *that* I can see as a "felony obscenity".
One time someone played hardcore pornography through the Apple TV on the 50" plasma at my work. Even funnier, someone was selling to a family with his back facing the tv, and the kids were looking and pointing to the tv. Leave it to the Apple TV to freeze at such a critical moment, since it became unresponsive during an anal scene, and everyone was too stupid to just yank the power cord. Eventually, with 6 employees freaking out at this tv, and the whole store watching, I finally came and yanked the power cord like a non-idiot. Priceless moment.
Has there been any consideration of that, by posting this man's picture associated with the linked article, it suggests that this is a picture of the guy who unleashed filth upon an innocent drove of Wal-martyrs?
I see the "People of Walmart" watermark, but maybe not everyone is that observant? Or has heard of that joke site? I hadn't, personally, before I Googled it just now.
I mean, if somebody snaps a picture of me when I'm just chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool at the local 'Mart with my t-shirt poncho and mullet, I already can't imagine why anyone would find it funny enough to post online...
I REALLY wouldn't appreciate having my face on perhaps the most popular gadget blog linked to such a title/article/post.
I guess it's sufficiently blurry, but come on, Giz, let's not automatically associate "country" or "hick" or "redneck" with such behavior. I know it was unintentional, but put yourself in the place of that poor guy, just minding his own business and checking out a video game.
@drewkkake: Let me admit that I posted the above because I had initially read "One of the guys worked there" as that the picture of the culprit was snapped by an employee, and figured that others could have done the same. It requires clicking on the internal link (the VERY last sentence of the post) to explain the "People of Walmart" reference, so as far as anyone who hadn't seen the picture before or doesn't click on every link to other Giz posts knows, that is the guy.
Yes, that isn't the HDTV area, and yes, it is a video game console kiosk. Why he's controlling porn with that? I leave up to you. Close enough.
I also concede that the picture might be an accurate representation of the part of Oklahoma in which the crime took place, I don't know - don't plan to go there. Ever.
MY POINT IS, I wouldn't want some paparazzi photo of me linked to a public porn matinee. Sorry if my complaint seemed blunt or unfounded (or unrealistic or absurd).
@drewkkake: just hard to take decency or ethics complaints seriously from someone who named themselves drewkkake. Now when StuffinMuffins bitches, we all listen.
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Nobody would have to actually play these disks anyway, just read the data. #1000yeardvds
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I think that would be pretty simple for any civilization 1000 years more advanced than us. #1000yeardvds
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Just because one is more "advanced" does not mean one will be able to deal with "old tech." Fixed any vacuum tube stereos lately? #1000yeardvds
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We are losing knowledge which are irretrievable all the time as ...most Apollo design decisions were never documented. As those engineers die, the details when with them.
Thinking we are "advance" enough about "anything" is just folly.
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And I'm not sure why we need the "Apollo design decisions"? We have better designers today, who learned from those designers anyway. Are you thinking that someone is going to want to rebuild an Apollo craft? We can do that, but, again, there is just no need.
And thinking that we are NOT advanced enough to deal with "old tech" just sounds silly? Same for thinking that we won't be able to read a CD a thousand years from now. Information is now created and shared on a world wide basis every day. The redundancy that we have now is just ridiculous. Something that wasn't happening with the Mayans.
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"..and here Jimmy is your great great granddads art work, and whats this.... oh dear god!"
"mommy why were those naked people wrestling?" #1000yeardvds
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@GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee: I think the one in the middle is Emma Bunton.
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I see the "People of Walmart" watermark, but maybe not everyone is that observant? Or has heard of that joke site? I hadn't, personally, before I Googled it just now.
I mean, if somebody snaps a picture of me when I'm just chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool at the local 'Mart with my t-shirt poncho and mullet, I already can't imagine why anyone would find it funny enough to post online...
I REALLY wouldn't appreciate having my face on perhaps the most popular gadget blog linked to such a title/article/post.
I guess it's sufficiently blurry, but come on, Giz, let's not automatically associate "country" or "hick" or "redneck" with such behavior. I know it was unintentional, but put yourself in the place of that poor guy, just minding his own business and checking out a video game.
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Yes, that isn't the HDTV area, and yes, it is a video game console kiosk. Why he's controlling porn with that? I leave up to you. Close enough.
I also concede that the picture might be an accurate representation of the part of Oklahoma in which the crime took place, I don't know - don't plan to go there. Ever.
MY POINT IS, I wouldn't want some paparazzi photo of me linked to a public porn matinee. Sorry if my complaint seemed blunt or unfounded (or unrealistic or absurd).
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