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GitHub Buries 21 TB of Open Source Data in an Arctic Archive

posted by martyb on Tuesday July 21 2020, @04:30PM   Printer-friendly
from the that's-exactly-where-I'd-look! dept.

chromas writes:

GitHub buries 21 TB of open source data in an Arctic archive:

While it might seem like the internet is leaving a detailed record of history, the world's knowledge is all surprisingly vulnerable to being lost in a disaster. To help keep a backup, GitHub has now archived 21 TB of public open source data and buried it in a vault in the Arctic designed to preserve it for a thousand years.

[...] The Arctic World Archive is located in a decommissioned coal mine on an island in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.

On July 8, 2020, GitHub deposited 21 TB of data into the Archive, beneath 250 m (820 ft) of permafrost. This data drop consisted of a snapshot of all active public repositories on GitHub as of February 2, 2020, encoded in the form of tiny QR codes imprinted on 186 archival film reels.

These specially-designed film reels are developed by a company called Piql. They're made of silver halides on polyester and, according to simulated aging tests conducted by Piql, this material can last for up to 1,000 years.

GitHub's promotional YouTube video.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 21 2020, @07:12PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 21 2020, @07:12PM (#1024715)

    How will civilization reboot without a good CoC?

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 21 2020, @09:07PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 21 2020, @09:07PM (#1024746)

    You could argue that the US Constitution is a Coc, also the Geneva Conventions.

    Your precious 4th Amendment, remember that? Your precious 2nd Amendment did shit for you holding onto that.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 22 2020, @01:04AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 22 2020, @01:04AM (#1024813)

      They don't care about liberty. They like to push the weak around. Guns are helpful toward that end. They'll tear up the Constitution until all that's left is "the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" while the part about a well-regulated militia swirls around the toilet bowl. Oh, and the three fifths clause. They'll keep that part.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 22 2020, @11:41PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 22 2020, @11:41PM (#1025201)

        The well-regulated militia is the National Guard.

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by fyngyrz on Tuesday July 21 2020, @11:14PM

    by fyngyrz (6567) on Tuesday July 21 2020, @11:14PM (#1024786) Journal

    How will civilization reboot without a good CoC?

    Clash of Clans will never die, you insensitive clod.

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