the entire universe of stargate only works because 10,000 years ago the ancients decided the best way to document their work was to carve the manual into stone on the side of the computer

good practice for all developers

@irina have you heard of the Sapphire Disc?

edit: looks like the search results for this are all disc golf products now lol, but i remember hearing about a knowledge preservation project where data would be engraved in tiny writing on a layer of platinum and then protected with a layer of sapphire, to create a sort of "instruction manual" likely to survive an apocalypse.

@irina

"Daniel, what does that big part on top mean?"

"Oh, that? Some cult thing, I guess. Roughly translates as 'This is not a place of honor. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here..."