Rosetta Disk Designed For 2,000 Years Archive

Hugh Pickens writes "Kevin Kelly has an interesting post about an archive 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, including versions of Genesis 1-3, a universal list of the words common for each language, and pronunciation guides. Produced by the Long Now Foundation, the plan is to replicate the disk promiscuously and distribute them around the world in nondescript locations so at least one will survive their 2,000-year lifespan. 'This is one of the most fascinating objects on earth,' says Oliver Wilke. 'If we found one of these things 2,000 years ago, with all the languages of the time, it would be among our most priceless artifacts. I feel a high responsibility for preserving it for future generations.'"

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Re:Careful, there.

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Give me a second to recover from my surprise about finding another Christian on slashdot...

I totally agree. Perhaps I should have said "Part of the Christian life/walk is about..." The difference between salvation and sanctification is important.

You're also totally right about staying humble. Sometimes it is so frustrating to see nominal Christians like those I mentioned, and it becomes so easy to say "I'm so glad I'm not like those Christians." Exactly the attitude Jesus condemned when describing the Pharisee praying in public and looking emaciated when fasting. The reality as that no matter how "good" we are, we're all sinners, dead in our sins. (I'm a Calvinist as well).