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RustyChainsawEnema@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

[xkcd 1683] Digital Data

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[xkcd 1683] Digital Data

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RustyChainsawEnema@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 3 months ago
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/36672698

Source: https://xkcd.com/1683/

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    Trying not to spoil it but this is a plot point in a relatively famous, relatively recent sci-fi book, where the characters need to record a warning that lasts for millennia. They end up carving it into the rock of Pluto since all other data mediums would fail over that timespan.

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      That sounds like a great book, if only I new what it was called.

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        Three Body Problem

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          Ah nice. That’s already on my list. I did see the Netflix series.

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      I do not know of this movie, but your description reminded me of the most excellent read Deep Time, by Gregory Benford. Didn’t consider other planets though, as this is actually a non-fiction work.

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