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.
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>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