▲ 449 ▼ This long-term data storage will last 14 billion years (www.theregister.com) submitted 11 months ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 161 comments fedilink hide all child comments "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."
[–] arbitrary_sarcasm@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) I don't see how that's relevant here. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 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. permalink fedilink source parent