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The 10,000-year Clock - Bob Schroeck - 11-13-2011
I'm pretty sure most of you already know about this, but I just stumbled across a great article about the thinking, design and engineering behind it, as well as an update on its progress. (Plus, it's a great intro to the idea behind the clock for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about.) Here.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- Sweno - 11-14-2011
congrats, your job is to build something that will last twice as long as recorded history!
I've seen an exhibit about this in the bay area, and I have to say that there is some really cool engineering that's going into it.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
- classicdrogn - 11-14-2011
More likely it'll last until some moron climbs into it to take a picture and gets hurt, then be dynamited or filled with cement or something. Or get bought by a corporation and stripped for materials after the rest of the easily accessible ore deposits have been stripmined.
- CD
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