http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/ Engadget Comments for Microsoft files for 'immortal computing' patent http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/
Anyone curious about this topic should read this http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/12975/?a=f]]>Apr 17th 2008 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/Jan 23rd 2007 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/Jan 23rd 2007 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/Jan 23rd 2007 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/Apr 17th 2008 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/Jan 23rd 2007 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/Jan 23rd 2007 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/
Am I really that old, that you kids don't remember, Social Distortion? ]]>Jan 23rd 2007 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/
boost your bain in this life
http://tinyurl.com/2jfrls
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50 million years from now Gruz'x from Proxima Centauri manages to follow the directions and build the stored data reader. He leverages the massive piano roll-type spool into the reader and hits play. It whirrrrrs... clunks... clanks... plink plank plunk. A light turns green. After 50 million years, the data is still intact!

30 seconds later, a grinding is heard and a small piece of paper issues from a nondescript slot: 'Media Player cannot locate a valid license for this media.'
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Thomas ]]>Jan 23rd 2007 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/
watch season 4 of TNG

can't remember which episode number, though

or maybe it was season 2... humm...]]>Jan 23rd 2007 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/
Once again Microsoft thinking they are so smart. Heck we have books thousands of years old and we passed that information on without Microsofts help. Geez what a waste of Vista Money. ]]>Jan 23rd 2007 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/Jan 23rd 2007 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/
Rant: It's called "preteen"! Not "tween"! "Tween" is a word made up by people too ignorant to realize words like "preteen" or even "adolescent" already exist.]]>Jan 23rd 2007 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/most of the paper whe are using nowadays is of bad quality and will disintegrate over a relatively short timespan (i dont have all the details, but mostly they contain some soprt of acids) the more expensive books are printed on better paper, but this only keeps them alive a few hundred years. It also is a very complicated and expensive field to restore old books, or keep them in good order. i doubt that you could just walk into a library and get your filthy hands on book from 1532, because you would most likely destroy it.
furthermore books are a nice thing, but have you ever tried to store anything else besides text and images in a book? apart from the fact that we cant keep our pr0n accesibly for future generations it also will cause some problems for harder scientific stuff, like simulations on quantum mechanics or something.

of course i like making jokes about micro$oft just like the next guy, but they are definitely addressing a serious problem of our society. its still microsoft, but its a start.

qwert]]>Jan 23rd 2007 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/Jan 23rd 2007 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/
Actually it's odd you bring that up. My 12 year old niece recently learned to read punchcards in a computer class where they were looking at computer history so her reaction would probably be to excitedly tell you what was on it.

It sounds from the claims to be a datastorage tombstone or time capsule.

"Great, I can't wait to see what sort of immortal DRM MS jacks into this." Well hopefully it won't take 50 million years for people to figure out that also MS hates DRM and has stated so. The problem is the public loves DRM and they prove it with every trip to itunes.]]>Jan 23rd 2007 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/
- Tony R.]]>Jan 23rd 2007 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/Jan 23rd 2007 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/
He also brings up the fact that America is full of people with nothing worthwhile to do, and no decent jobs that will take them. The solution?

Have the thousands of unemployed carve and chisel our history and knowledge into rocks and quite literally kill two birds with one stone.]]>Jan 23rd 2007 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/
...Until some jackass burns it down. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_library

Hell, good for Microsoft. Make something to pass information on, something that'll really last. Like it or not, books are delicate things and won't last that long unless very carefully protected.]]>Jan 23rd 2007 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/23/microsoft-files-for-immortal-computing-patent/patents for getting data from outdated media!]]>Jan 23rd 2007 9:48PM