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posted by janrinok on Monday June 11 2018, @07:43PM   Printer-friendly
from the asking-soylent dept.

Imagine being isolated off-grid for an unknown number of years. Maybe you're stuck somewhere like Davidge or Mark Watney; or perhaps you've chosen a life of isolation like Yoda or Obi-Wan Kenobi. Maybe you're a survivor of the $Apocalypse. Wouldn't keeping a journal be a great idea? You could pass on your knowledge, keep track of daily activities, maybe even keep yourself from going insane!

Forget all the wastefulness, extravagance, and complexity of most modern devices, you've got survival to think about! Obviously power usage would be a major concern, but ergonomics, searchability, repairability, and data robustness would be important too. Keeping in mind that this is a dedicated device for journaling and barring the old Russian pencil and paper, what would the best solution look like with off-the-shelf modern technology?


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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by DECbot on Monday June 11 2018, @09:08PM (2 children)

    by DECbot (832) on Monday June 11 2018, @09:08PM (#691609) Journal

    I prefer to use Gmail and the NSA. It will take many acts from Congress before those data centers will shutdown.

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  • (Score: 2) by aim on Tuesday June 12 2018, @06:28AM (1 child)

    by aim (6322) on Tuesday June 12 2018, @06:28AM (#691802)

    I prefer to use Gmail and the NSA. It will take many acts from Congress before those data centers will shutdown.

    Umm, sure for the backup, but do tell me how you go about doing a restore, or simply accessing the data, from there? FOIA?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @01:52PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 12 2018, @01:52PM (#691889)

      By that time they will all probably be dead so you can just walk in and get it yourself so long as you can figure out how to unlock it after you get the power back on