Who will be remembered 1000 years from now

Capt'n Midnight · 14-11-2016 08:20PM

Thanks to the ease of duplicating data and the magic of forward error correction we should be able to remember all the important stuff for the foreseeable future. No more dark ages.

If you want to backup wikipedia start here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download

lots of commercial ventures will let you backup stuff for bleedin' ages
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161018-the-worlds-knowledge-is-being-buried-in-a-salt-mine

Even 300,000,000 years storage might be possible.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/data-saved-quartz-glass-might-last-300-million-years/

there are various projects to ensure data can be read as well as stored
Floppy disks came in a bizarre variety of formats even for physically compatible media. One format even has disk that rotate backwards.

Gwynplaine · 14-11-2016 08:25PM

Michael Jordan.

Grayson · 14-11-2016 08:31PM

Elon Musk? If he makes it to mars then he (and who ever is on that first trip) will probably have cities on Mars named after them.

Jimbob1977 · 14-11-2016 08:33PM

The guy who WILL invent teleportation and warp speed in 100 years.

Also Susan Boyle and Kim Khardashian

Grayson · 14-11-2016 08:35PM

I'd like to think that this guy will be remembered and people will still watch it and crack up laughing.

AnthonyCny · 14-11-2016 08:37PM

I think people will still be listening to the Beatles in 200 years time. Not sure about 1000 years though

Duckworth_Luas · 14-11-2016 08:44PM

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Hitler
Stalin
Putin
Khan
Einstein
Trump

People prefer and remember single names better.
Say any of the above and people might not know what their first names were but they will have a general idea who that person was and what they did.

If Khan is remembered then surely Kirk will be too?

Away From Home · 14-11-2016 08:51PM

Manasseh Sogavare

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7g9q73XyTo

AndyBoBandy · 14-11-2016 08:57PM

In 1,000 years, my ancestors will know of the pr1ck bouncer that refused to let me & my friends in to the Red Box circa 1999 for Dave Clarke, despite all of us having a ticket.

SafeSurfer · 14-11-2016 08:57PM

KingBrian2 wrote: »

Who will be remembered 1000 years from now? Hmmmmm. Have to say Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins first men on the moon. Yuri Gagarin first man in space.

Michael Collins didn't set foot on the moon.
History is constantly being revised so maybe in 1000 years Wernher Von Braun or Larry Page and Sergey Brin if their artificial intelligence bet pays off. The theory being that the Google search engine and all its ancillary services, such as scanning the books of libraries, is just a means to teach an AI, the ultimate goal of Page and Brin. An AI that could self learn, improve itself and increase its intelligence exponentially.

AndyBoBandy · 14-11-2016 09:03PM

SafeSurfer wrote: »

An AI that could self learn, improve itself and increase its intelligence exponentially.

then create a Skynet defence system and wipe out all humans,

so maybe in 1,000 years, we'll all be remembered.... by the Google AI overlord as it'll have all our search histories, as that'll be all thats left of us.
Dammit, in 1,000 years, Googlord will know I watched a lot of porn!!

ZeroThreat · 14-11-2016 09:13PM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Nevertheless, we still remember Genghis Khan despite the two World Wars having happened.

Even Paul Atreides 20,000 years hence mentioned hitler

CINCLANTFLT · 14-11-2016 09:16PM

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika_Night

SEPT 23 1989 · 14-11-2016 09:20PM

the man who finds the cure to cancer

Richard Hillman · 14-11-2016 09:26PM

Bin Laden, Bush, Merkel.

Bin Laden for the start or the great war. Bush for making a strategically bad decision. Merkel for the surrender of Europe to the Islamists.

Father Hernandez · 14-11-2016 09:32PM

Einstein
Hitler
Michael Jackson
Muhammad Ali
Nelson Mandela
Mahatma Gandhi
Pele (Could be Messi/Ronaldo after retiring)

CINCLANTFLT · 14-11-2016 09:43PM

Obama bin Laden was a man who attacked America on September 11th. He flew on his plane the B52 and knocked down the great towers of York. He was defeated by The Trump who made America great again by starting the War of The Worlds. He brought the cleansing flames, the nuclear fire. He cleared the world as well of the Putin and the Yellow Peril. He drove the unbelievers back to the deserts and drowned them in oil and buried them in the ashes of their own cities.
He was in turn replaced by our Lord Protector Pence when the Lord brought him to Valhalla... Pence Rules Us From Mountainview... his AI begets his AI for all eternity... we are blessed, we are one, we are free...

Grade VI Assignment by Deloitre Tanner, Keflavik School, class of 3019

PoorAuldDivil · 14-11-2016 10:34PM

Adolf Hitler, Albert Einstein, John Connors (The Great Emancipator), Queen Elizabeth, Neil Armstrong.

learn_more · 14-11-2016 11:23PM

Kim Kardashian

fryup · 14-11-2016 11:29PM

they'll be nobody around 1000 years from now

Donald will see to that :cool:

Fratton Fred · 14-11-2016 11:58PM

ScumLord wrote: »

Watching that netflix drama the crown about the early years of Queen Elizabeth really highlighted how unique a monarch she is. Seeing her welcomed to the role by Winston Churchill was a pretty epic moment, it really was the start of a new era. But she hasn't really done much to be remembered, it's a feature of the role of monarch these days, she basically had to give up her identity and take on the identity of the monarch. Her role has been very passive (as it should be) and she was there for some historic moments but, other than being there for a decline I don't really see what she did that will go down in history.

She will for longevity, it will be several generations before a monarch reigns as long and by then, there may be no monarchy.

Burial. · 15-11-2016 12:06AM

RobertKK wrote: »

Neil Armstrong and whoever is the first human to step onto Mars..

The actual first man on the moon might be remembered too if it ever happens.

Capt'n Midnight · 15-11-2016 12:18AM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

the man who finds the cure to cancer

Many types of cancer are already curable. For others there are vaccines.

Vincent Vega · 15-11-2016 12:28AM

I think the bigger question is who will be remembering 1000 years from now.
My guess is an advanced lifeform that is not the human we know today.
And it will remember all recorded data without preference.

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly · 15-11-2016 12:31AM

Tim Henman, the English tennis player.

MadYaker · 15-11-2016 02:49AM

Obama because he was the first black president. Apart from that, all the benevolent crazy 20th century dictators, Mao, Stalin, Hitler etc.

JupiterKid · 15-11-2016 03:25AM

Einstein, Hawking, Crick & Watson, Yuri Gagarin, Neil Armstrong, The Beatles and probably a few who will be a complete surprise.

Didas · 15-11-2016 03:37AM

MadYaker wrote: »

Obama because he was the first black president. Apart from that, all the benevolent crazy 20th century dictators, Mao, Stalin, Hitler etc.

You think people in 1000 years time will care about race relations in one nation that will likely be long gone out existence by then?

Grayson · 15-11-2016 03:42AM

MadYaker wrote: »

Obama because he was the first black president. Apart from that, all the benevolent crazy 20th century dictators, Mao, Stalin, Hitler etc.

That's assuming the US is around then. Otherwise he's an obscure figure from 1000 years ago.

The same goes for Stalin etc... In 1000 years there could have been worse dictators and worse wars. A lot worse. So they're just a small footnote in the history books.

Maximus Alexander · 15-11-2016 10:46AM

tonygun wrote: »

You think people in 1000 years time will care about race relations in one nation that will likely be long gone out existence by then?

Nearly everything that currently exists will be long gone out of existence by then. That's the point of the thread; remembering. A lot of us would know plenty of the key figures and rulers of ancient Rome, which is one nation that is long gone out of existence. The USA has had far too big a footprint on the globe for the last couple of centuries to be forgotten, whatever becomes of it.

Who will be remembered 1000 years from now

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