Microsoft develops ultra durable glass plates that can store several TBs of data for 10000 years

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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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"Bob, why the hell did you format this as 'Jim sux dicks'?! You know that's permanent, right?"

10K years later

Alien captain: Anything to report?

Alien: We need to find a being named "Jim", sir...

We've got lots of Roman dick drawings, so it's our turn to leave our mark on the future

Why so negative? It could just as well be humans that find such a thing 10K years later

Unlikely at the rate we're going. I'd give us 100 years, at most.