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   From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   In comp.os.linux.misc Computer Nerd Kev  wrote:   
   > If you just wanted to store a little data for distant future   
   > generations, information etched into glass should last longer than   
   > info on plastic M-Discs.  You could use a program like Optar to   
   > convert into a printable data representation and then use a glass   
   > etching kit or laser to 'burn' that to a paper-sized pane of glass.   
      
   Provided, of course, that no one along the eons drops the pane, or   
   drops something on the pane, shattering it into a million pieces in the   
   process.   
      
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