I don't think it would be a problem for future humans (or aliens) to be able to retrieve and playback digital data. Hobbiests/hackers do this sort of thing in their spare time for fun, an archeologist from 4200 AD should have no problem. As someone mentioned, it remains to be seen if much will be able to survive. Will harddrives and flash disks be salvagable?
Is this dilemma much different from our current situation? How much day to day information is not available to us from times of antiquity. Sure, we have the things that are carved in stone, and written on papyrus stored in ideal conditions. This, of course leaves out anything that may have rotted/disintegrated, any oral traditions, anything written in sand. How can we know how much we don't know? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
