Here's the relevant xkcd.
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Bamboozled again by Ea-Nasir
Future archaeologists will wonder at how 'literally' became defined as its own antonym, and why there were no other adverbs for a decade.
Funnily enough, digital signals/data can actually be preserved perfectly and indefinitely because of its property perfect regeneration. Most efficient way to do it is to replicate it before it decays below regeneration. That one star review can outlast any stone tablet if it keeps on being copied.
Most things last very long if stored properly. People tend to not do that, though. Probably why low-maintenance, high-permanence formats tend to keep the best.
We could store words on paper indefinitely if we keep copying it to fresh paper every so offen.
Obviously thats not practical or guaranteed for all of future history.
you have not an eternity machine no
Now that you mention it, are there laser etching, or engraving tools that may be available outside of industrial applications should one want to record their silly thoughts in a more permanent form?
Nice reference
Fr title game on point. OP is a scholar and a gentleman.
I'm going to 3d print the internet with PCV boards and promptly throw it away.
"Nothing is written in stone!"
"What about the Rosetta Stone?"
This is what the IPFS is for.