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 <dl>:

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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