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minus-squareALostInquirer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoNow that you mention it, are there laser etching, or engraving tools that may be available outside of industrial applications should one want to record their silly thoughts in a more permanent form?
minus-squareSanndyTheManndy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoDoubt laser could etch deep enough to survive wear and tear for thousands of years.
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI mean, we have thousand years old paper and clay tablets. I’d be less worried about the depth of the laser than the depth of the corrosion that the metal might face over time. Glass or ceramic might work better.
minus-squareSanndyTheManndy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agolaser etched ceramic is just modern clay tablets
Now that you mention it, are there laser etching, or engraving tools that may be available outside of industrial applications should one want to record their silly thoughts in a more permanent form?
Doubt laser could etch deep enough to survive wear and tear for thousands of years.
I mean, we have thousand years old paper and clay tablets.
I’d be less worried about the depth of the laser than the depth of the corrosion that the metal might face over time.
Glass or ceramic might work better.
laser etched ceramic is just modern clay tablets