> >Best backup medium is probably binary printed on acid-free paper
as
> >barcodes. This is well capable of true Dead Sea Scrolls archival
longevity,
> >if suitably stored.
>
> That is probably the most unique solution I've heard all day, and
probably
> all year. :-)
>
> If one could transcribe the bar-code to granite (and it's possible),
you
> could have something that would last close to 30,000 years before
gradually
> turning into clay. Who'd read it then, or how, I couldn't rightly
say. ;-)
>
Of course this assumes that anyone will still remember what the barcodes
actually mean!
