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October 20, 2005

Time Shards

I just read a little short story by Gregory Benford called "Time Shards". Apparently, the basis for it is real: [Proceedings of the IEEE (1969, pp. 1465-1466)] Take someone doing pottery on a potter's wheel. Apparently, some of the ancient potters used a technique in which a fine wire inscribed a spiral line in the clay. The result? A thousand year old phonograph record. Apparently all they've been able to pick up is background sounds so far, but what an intriguing idea... Posted by abatie at October 20, 2005 11:55 PM
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