[Foundation-l] More on Wikimedia strategic planning

geni geniice at gmail.com
Sun May 3 10:16:23 UTC 2009


2009/5/3 Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro at gmail.com>:
> Besides the off-planet complete database-backup I envisioned,
> another intriguing conceit would be to start on the process
> of transcribing wikipedia onto vellum with non-corrosive and
> persistent ink (I don't think there are enough stone tablets, or
> even clay for tablets to ever suffice, but vellum is clearly unlimited,
> if a little slow to come by).
>

3 million clay tablets would be possible and vellum and the like tends
not to last to well in the long term outside some limited climates.

-- 
geni



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