[nathan_long]

That's why I write all my crucial data onto stone tablets.

The write speed and data density are terrible, the drive, media and storage space cost a fortune, but dang if the data won't last a couple thousand years.

[thebigshane]

Discussions like these always bring me back to the "10,000 year clock" ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_of_the_Long_Now