IP: Rosetta Disk

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> From: "Gillmor, Dan" <DGillmor () sjmercury com>
> To: "'farber () cis upenn edu'" <farber () cis upenn edu>
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> http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/columns/gillmor/docs/dg070200.htm
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> THE Rosetta Disk is three inches in diameter and made of pure nickel. It's
> designed to last 10,000 years and to preserve a piece of humanity.
>
> On it, micro-etched to a fineness that requires a microscope to read, are
> the first three chapters of the biblical book of Genesis -- in 1,000
> languages -- plus other material that might be of use to scholars thousands
> of years hence. The disk, a prototype of which is being unveiled this
> weekend, is part of a project taking a long-range view of the world