8 Dec
2009
8 Dec
'09
3:22 a.m.
On 7 Dec 2009 at 18:25, David Griffith wrote:
If I were to sit down and designs something like this,
I'd make sure
it would be easily reverse-engineerable. If we can assume The Future
will have scanners and computers capable of making use of them, each
page would have some sort of legend explaining how the dots are
organized. That should do it.
Engraved on a gold-plated tantalum sheet, no doubt. Etched into a
slab of irridium would also do the trick. If it were cut into
granite, it'd probably end up as someone's kitchen counter.
If metallic however, the scrappers will do it in.
--Chuck