The 10,000 Year Clock Design Principals
In the new year edition of the Clearleft newsletter, Jeremy Keith linked to the design principals Danny Hillis thought about while considering a clock that would work for 10,000 years.
Here’s part of that page, satisfyingly displayed as a
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- Longevity:
- Go slow
- Avoid sliding friction (gears)
- Avoid ticking
- Stay clean
- Stay dry
- Expect bad weather
- Expect earthquakes
- Expect non-malicious human interaction
- Dont tempt thieves
- Maintainability and transparency:
- Use familiar materials
- Allow inspection
- Rehearse motions
- Make it easy to build spare parts
- Expect restarts
- Include the manual
- Scalability and Evolvabilty:
- Make all parts similar size
- Separate functions
- Provide simple interfaces
How… good.
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