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This long-term data storage will last 14 billion years (www.theregister.com)
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"the medium is silica crystal, similar to optical cable, it's highly durable. It's also capacious: The technology can store up to 360 TB of data on a 5-inch glass platter."

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[–] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Didn't they think in those days that your eyes sent beams out to touch whatever they were looking at?

I wonder if he thought his eyes were sending beams out into space.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I don't see how that's relevant here.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago*

    If his eyes were sending out rays, they did go out into space.

    But that's not actually how it works. Although it is how it works in video games (raytracing).

    I think it is just a fun way of thinking about it.

    In reality, things from space were travelling to earth to interact with Galileo's retina.

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