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Date Posted: 10:11:22 11/24/03 Mon
Author: Paul Wright
Subject: Data Storage Nudged Photons

Just read a story in Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8730-2003Nov23.html that reminds me strongly of a story I read long, long ago. Wonder if anyone can recognize and give me title/author.

Crux of the story was the advancement of data storage capability. More and more data in smaller and smaller space. Finally they advanced from using chipped photons to nudged photons and they were able to store all the information in the universe in a single small file drawer. Of course, to access this info required indexes. And bibliographies. And indexes to indexes. And indexes of bibliographies. Etc, etc, etc. So they built an entire solar system to hold the indexes and such. And one day they found a circular reference and went to go to the original source to straighten it out and no one could find the storage drawer. Civilization collapsed before they found it.

Thanks for the memories. Yes, I am over 50. And I think the story was probably from the 50's, early computer years.

------Paul------

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