That installation won't even last a week before being destroyed by weather. Cool concept though, but I was expecting a bit more than just a few tiny speakers and a wire.
I think I can hear the engineers over at the Long Now foundation pissing their pants with laughter: http://longnow.org/clock/
They are only aiming for 10,000 years. A walk in the park compared to this apparently godlike and immutable mp3 player atop a painted plywood box. Has this guy even heard of atomic diffusion? Not like it'll last long enough for that to even come close to becoming a relevant factor.
Where do people get this idea that machines are eternal? It's outrageously rare to find a machine more complex than an adjustable wrench that lasts half a lifetime, let alone surpasses generations, but in nearly all of fiction machines are portrayed as ageless things that dwarf our puny lifespans as fragile meat-beings. It's simply not true.
This is a weird tangent, sorry for derailing.
My BMW R50/5 just turned 47, getting real close to that over-the-hill party. I'm planning to buy it a cake in a few years, plus I've got the parts for a top-end reseal. Going to be real classy. Definitely looking forward to it.
> "Most parts of the installation were chosen to be as durable as possible, but I'm sure the harsh environment of the desert will devour the installation eventually."
Then you watch the video and... yeah. I can think of a lot better ways to do that. The wires aren't even protected at all.
I'm with you. "Eventually" here is about a week.
I lived in West Africa, I went to the desert, and a week seems very generous.