I guess my issue with this line of thought is - how do you include the "playback device" along with the media?
So many assumptions must be made about the theoretical future inhabitants that would "discover" our culture would be capable of technologically.
How do we send the VHS tape, along with the player, instructions for how to setup the player, play the tape, output to a sensing device of some sort, and only _then_ you can possibly read only part of the data if you get that far?
I don't think I will even have photos of my kids or anything from about the last 10 years or so by the time I am in my mid fifties (not as far away as I would wish).
So many assumptions must be made about the theoretical future inhabitants that would "discover" our culture would be capable of technologically.
How do we send the VHS tape, along with the player, instructions for how to setup the player, play the tape, output to a sensing device of some sort, and only _then_ you can possibly read only part of the data if you get that far?
I don't think I will even have photos of my kids or anything from about the last 10 years or so by the time I am in my mid fifties (not as far away as I would wish).
Edit: mobile make bad spells