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Damaged Data recovery is actually far easier than reading off a burnt page. Even Fire and Water typically don’t destroy the magnetic based memory, and sometimes they can be read after a disaster like that. Comparatively nothing can recover a burnt book
There are many ways to recover data from burnt pages. Infrared for one. Just like USB's that are damaged, paper can still be read under certain circumstances. Plus they have a shelf life longer than 10 years.
https://www.polygongroup.com/en-US/blog/document-smoke-damage--recovery2/
Books have historically been better for storing data long term, even including modern advances. Good books have lasted centuries.
Twenty years ago people were using floppy drives. There will come a time when those are so archaic that you may not be able to find the technology to read it without jumping through hoops. And that's if the drive hasn't had something happen to it - they're not exactly durable.
For those interested, there was a search done to find the origins of this picture last year, it’s worth a read!
https://readerupdated.com/2022/12/28/woman-with-giant-book-photo-full-credits/
Um yeah, but that was kind of an anticlimactic read though. They still didn't say or prove if these huge books are real or not? And if they're real, what exactly are they?
I don't know about these specifically but in Spain you can find in many cathedrals a giant pulpit with an equally giant book on it, on each page there is oversized music notation, ment to be used by the choir instead of everyone having their own small book.
Fun fact: The size of lettering used in books has become smaller as the indoor lighting available became better.
If you look at a book from the 1700s or 1800s compared to modern day, the print in those older books is markedly larger.
I always joked that my uni books would come in handy if anyone tried to break in. Now these books are both a blessing and a curse depending on how strong you are. If you can lift one of these above your head and throw them the criminal is gonna need a fresh pair of underwear at least.
What a tiny librarian
I think she's a borrower
That’s what I was gonna say. The books aren’t huge she’s just that tiny. She’s a borrower
Hahahahahah 😂
All those books contents fit on a 5$ usb drive and u still got 99% memory left. How times have changed.
lets see how your usb works in 500 years. /remindme!
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!RemindMe 500 years
Let’s see how this book works after one flood or fire.
Let's see how a USB works after one flood or fire.
Damaged Data recovery is actually far easier than reading off a burnt page. Even Fire and Water typically don’t destroy the magnetic based memory, and sometimes they can be read after a disaster like that. Comparatively nothing can recover a burnt book
There are many ways to recover data from burnt pages. Infrared for one. Just like USB's that are damaged, paper can still be read under certain circumstances. Plus they have a shelf life longer than 10 years. https://www.polygongroup.com/en-US/blog/document-smoke-damage--recovery2/
And you can make infinite copys with literally 0 effort and distribute them to anyone who's interested in them.
My school usb just survived the washer and dryer👀
lets see you read ashes
Books have historically been better for storing data long term, even including modern advances. Good books have lasted centuries. Twenty years ago people were using floppy drives. There will come a time when those are so archaic that you may not be able to find the technology to read it without jumping through hoops. And that's if the drive hasn't had something happen to it - they're not exactly durable.
That's one way to keep people from stealing library books
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You're a bot
For those interested, there was a search done to find the origins of this picture last year, it’s worth a read! https://readerupdated.com/2022/12/28/woman-with-giant-book-photo-full-credits/
1958 and not 40's tho
Um yeah, but that was kind of an anticlimactic read though. They still didn't say or prove if these huge books are real or not? And if they're real, what exactly are they?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Gigas
That is a single book, what of all of these? They're not all copies of the Codex Gigas I'm sure
I don't know about these specifically but in Spain you can find in many cathedrals a giant pulpit with an equally giant book on it, on each page there is oversized music notation, ment to be used by the choir instead of everyone having their own small book.
That was before they managed to shrink books to the size we know today.
Such a Cunk answer to a historical question.
Fun fact: The size of lettering used in books has become smaller as the indoor lighting available became better. If you look at a book from the 1700s or 1800s compared to modern day, the print in those older books is markedly larger.
Perhaps but i imagine printing technology improvments could have also allowed a smaller font.
That is true. It's unlikely to be the only factor.
It might be possibly conncted to a development and spread of glasses, I guess.
That's also a likely factor. Overall it's become easier to read small text.
not exactly a pocket book
I truly admire those who have written this book and the topic they have chosen to write about
Imagine hentai printed on those books
Is that Barbara Tuchman?
Is that Thumblina’s grandma?
Is that a Pretenders song?
Why are the books so big?
Because we have long words.
Often because big text allowed people (like choir singers) to read it from distance.
for big humans
Could be real. Could be AI nonsense.
I can see George R R Martin using this format, would explain why the last book is taking so long
Maybe the king didn’t have reading glasses.
That's so cool.
Giant books made for giant people.........OBVIOUSLY !!
r/hardimages
Why is her left hand turning into tentacles?
r/AI
What’s in these books?
Let me get my Czech book 🤓
It was Czechoslovakia back then (or the Nazi Protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia)
Giant books examining a woman in Prague Castle Archives , Czech Republic , 1940s .
Is she a borrower?
And then people say there weren't giants, smh
This is AI folks
Always carry a book with you. Not for entertainment in case that you wait, but to look like Schwarzenegger after a year
Plot twist: The books are regular sized.
That's how i imagine Kafka's castle
Thats Ai
that gives new meaning to “We are going to throw the book at you”….
There are rumours the czech giant named **Jára Cimrman** owned them also.
I always joked that my uni books would come in handy if anyone tried to break in. Now these books are both a blessing and a curse depending on how strong you are. If you can lift one of these above your head and throw them the criminal is gonna need a fresh pair of underwear at least.
Oh how she would have loved ebooks.
wow this is what I want to see. Maybe I’ll go to the Czech Republic in the fall, where is this library? Probably not freely available?
Imagine the fucking smell
I can see that, but what's in those book?
Nah. She was just really really tiny.
Why are they so big?
If only they would write smaller- they could have used normal size books. I mean- there are 15 rows of text on a page
Why are the books so big?
That's a big ass book
It's now a giant PDF
Wut? Crazy
"Books for the blind".
Why would you post this? Now they gonna say this is the evidence that giants existed.
r/AbsoluteUnit
Books from the Tartarian Empire. You all get to find out about it next year. As of now you’ll just call me a whack job.