depending on where it hit, what would happen to our vast stores of information? I mean, depending on what got burnt up and who got killed, we might lose some of the most valuable pieces of information in the world. If the comet hit the US, we'd lose the Declaration of Independence. If it hit Egypt, say "bye bye" to the pyramids. If it hit Japan, sayonara Microsoft. (Well, Microsoft Japan. Although the Microsoft in America would probably be wiped out by the tsunami from Japan.) We might also lose valuable information about science and technology. That's a scary thought! Is there nothing we can do? I thought so at first. But then I got to thinking, "What if we stored vast amounts of extremely important information on 500 gigabyte hard drives?" I know about the EMP blast from the comet, so of course they would all be surrounded by Faraday cages, and buried underground so they wouldn't be torched by the heat. So what do you think? Should we start collecting information? Thanks.
2007-09-03
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