[Cialug] long term storage

[Dan Hockey]

On 7/15/09, Colin Burnett <cmlburnett at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Josh
> More<morej at alliancetechnologies.net> wrote:
>> We know that, of all storage media, papyrus and stone last the longest.
>> How long do you need to archive your data?
>
> What's the lowest chiseling rate you can get (in $/bit) these days?
> I'm not quite up to the task of chiseling a couple billion bits in
> stone.
>
Why not a use a laser? If they can burn your picture onto a granite
headstone why couldn't that be done with data?

-dh