Paul Krugman wrote an interesting paper about this very topic in 1978. http://www.standupeconomist.com/pdf/misc/interstellar.pdf

Yeah but "Moore's Heuristic" just aint as snappy.

Fun fact: baking in an oven is also the primary method to restore old analog recording tape that has stuck together during storage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_baking