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Entry Posted August 21, 2008

http://kk.org/kk/2008/08/very-longterm-backup.php The Long Now Foundation’s modern-day Rosetta Stone: Genesis 1-3 in 1,500 different languages, plus associated information etched into a 3 inch disc, designed to last for 2,000–10,000 years. (They picked Genesis because it’s already translated into a lot of languages.) They’re hoping many individuals will pay $25,000 for their own disc (to ensure wide dispersal), and hand it down from generation to generation. 23:24

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Dolenni Diddorol / Interesting Links (dolennididdorol.blogspot.com):
… the text goes on getting smaller. The sentences announce: “Languages of the World: This is an archive of over 1,500 human languages assembled in the year 02008 C.E. Magnify 1,000 times to find over 13,000 pages of language documentation.” "http://kk.org/kk/2008/08/very-longterm-backup.php …

If Chaos Were Organized (Excerpt) (weezeld.livejournal.com):
… » Say What? From my 'to be commented on' articles: "Kevin Kelly has an interesting post about anarchive designed with an estimated lifespan of 2,000 -10,000 years to serve future generations as a modern Rosetta Stone. The Rosetta disk contains analog 'human-readable' scans of scripts, text, and diagrams using nickel deposited on an etched silicon disk and includes 15,000 microetched pages of language documentation in 1,500 different languages …

If Chaos Were Organized (Excerpt) (weezeld.livejournal.com):
… From my 'to be commented on' articles: "Kevin Kelly has an interesting post about anarchive designed with an estimated lifespan of 2,000 -10,000 years to serve future generations as a modern Rosetta Stone. The Rosetta disk contains analog 'human-readable' scans of scripts, text, and diagrams using nickel deposited on an etched silicon disk and includes 15,000 microetched pages of language documentation in 1,500 different languages …

SpoutBlog on spout.com by spoutblog - Spout (www.spout.com):
… when our hero finds that future generations have not maintained the library, letting the entire record of human history literally turn to dust. It’s a good thing that people like Wired magazine founding editor Kevin Kelly are doing cool things likeThe Long Now Project, because digital storage of information is almost comically transient. Also, if you don’t think things this important can really be lost, watch the 2007 Iraq war documentary No End in Sight. The part about the looting of the National Museum and the …

Painting Speech (callibeth.blogspot.com):
… the strange plaque that Carl Sagan and Frank Drake designed which was sent on the 1972 space probes. The Rosetta Project is more evidence of humankind's drive to impact posterity and preserve knowledge. Kevin Kelly has an interesting post about ithere. …

... A l .m a. s a m ... (almasam.blogspot.com):
… en 2004 al espacio por la Agencia Espacial Europea y alcanzará el cometa Churyumov en 2014. Seguramente te preguntarás qué lector utilizarán los descendientes de los humanos o los extraterrestres que encuentren el disco delProyecto Rosettaque impulsa la Fundación Long Now. Pues ninguno, pues no se trata de un disco digital sino que incluye imágenes escaneadas de textos, diagramas, normas de pronunciación y listas de palabras de uso común. Las imágenes, eso sí, deben ampliarse …

K21st - Essential 21st Century Knowledge (k21st.wordpress.com):
… Kevin Kelly — KK* Lifestream …

People's Daily Brief (peoplesdailybrief.typepad.com):
… of Genesis, since it was most likely already translated into all languages already. We hatched a plan to produce a 3-inch non-corroding disk which contained at least 1,000 translations of Genesis and other linguistic information about each language." …

Interesting things (dswart.tumblr.com):
… a person from the blogs they follow (for a start, they are the sort of person who follows blogs). Here are some I like: Seth’s blog. Seth is a true scientist and believer is self experimentation. Kevin Kelly talks about some interesting stuff, likelong term backup. Crave is about tech gadgets you think you want, but probably don’t. Lower on the totem pole: Google Geo developers blog. Also Mapperz. Ugly doggy. …

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Rocketboom (www.rocketboom.com):
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Rocketboom (rocketboom.com):
… , Danger Bomb Clock, Sky survey yields new cosmic haul, Asteroid belt, Asteroid belt image, Kuiper belt, Milwaukee Polar Bear Club, Rosetta Disk Designed For 2,000 Years Archive, image of The Future,Very Long-Term Backup, Magnetic alignment in grazing and resting cattle and deer, What are Cow Magnets?, Death by Cow, Hydrogen Road Tour, Showcase Tour Of Hydrogen-Fueled Cars Stops In State …

Certain musings. Education, HCI and Public Spaces (in-cubed.blogspot.com):
… of over 1,500 human languages assembled in the year 02008 C.E. Magnify 1,000 times to find over 13,000 pages of language documentation.” It is interesting to note of the design considerations and concerns change when designing for Long time.Kevin Kelly, a participant designer (and founder of Wired ) points to some of the issues on his blog. Good quality, properly stored paper can easily last for 2000 years. Moreover we can be quite sure, that it will be understandable and accessible after that time. …

SansBlogue (www.bigbible.org):
… Stephen sent me the link, to this interesting post by Kevin Kelly titledVery Long-Term Backupthe starting point is recognising that compared to paper the formats in which we store digital data are not durable. While paper can burn, rot or otherwise be easily destroyed, the capacity to access it is very durable, since the development of the …

Digital Preservation Matters (preservationmatters.blogspot.com):
… photograph and scan every bit of crumbling parchment and papyrus that makes up the scrolls. The images eventually will be posted on the Internet. Israel has assembled an international team of technical people for the project.Very Long-Term Backup. Kevin Kelly. Weblog. August 20, 2008. Paper, while destructible and limited, can be a stable media over the long term. Digital storage is not stable over long periods. A project has been underway to create a stable medium. This page provides …

Joining Dots: Blog (joiningdots.net):
… pf=1TechnologyVery long term backup - Kevin Kelly on the challenges of retaining data in a digital world (I want a Rosetta disk):http://kk.org/kk/2008/08/very-longterm-backup.phpDavid Hasslehoff creates his own MySpace for fans - are we seeing the beginning of the end for dedicated platforms vs social networking as a feature of all web sites? …

Alexia Golez (golez.net):
… get the interactivity of the web more that the Olympic Council of Ireland, right? Cherp, a Twitter “Creative Agency”.. Hmmm.. Via Chris Brogan. Via Niall, Irish Rail times on your iPhone. A very long-termbackup. Everyone’s favourite slaphead and nerdy virtua-cousin, Moby blogs about McCain, hookers and cocaine at the DNC. Levi’s ‘Onion Peel’ ad. …

Babel: The multilingual, multicultural online journal and community of arts and ideas (en.towerofbabel.com):
… indexing meta-data for each language section (such as the standard linguistic code number for that language) are displayed in a machine-readable font (OCRb) so that a smart microscope could guide you through this analog trove. - Kevin Kelly @ kk.org:Link. Via Slashdot. The Long Now Foundation: The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996* to develop the Clock and Library projects, as well as to become the seed of a very long term cultural institution. The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide …

Babel: The multilingual, multicultural online journal and community of arts and ideas (en.towerofbabel.com):
… indexing meta-data for each language section (such as the standard linguistic code number for that language) are displayed in a machine-readable font (OCRb) so that a smart microscope could guide you through this analog trove. - Kevin Kelly @ kk.org:Link. Via Slashdot. The Long Now Foundation: The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996* to develop the Clock and Library projects, as well as to become the seed of a very long term cultural institution. The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide …

rb.trends (www.richardbanks.com):
… Very Long-Term Backup"This business side of the disk is pure nickel. Picking it up you would not be aware there were 13,500 pages of linguistic gold hiding on it.  The nickel is deposited on an etched silicon disk. In effect the Rosetta disk is a nickel cast of a …

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