12-14-2007, 06:15 PM
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| Ten billion years
What would you leave in an attic to be seen by people ten billion years from now?
Please, I need your input. I need some good ideas.
Stop giving me that wierd look!
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12-14-2007, 06:20 PM
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| Everything will be sand by then, what's the difference? | |
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12-14-2007, 06:22 PM
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| Don't worry, I have everything worked out so it won't be like that.
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12-14-2007, 07:41 PM
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| An Intel CPU to show ppl how slow the "NOW" was and a severed penis to wish them more prosperous years. 
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12-14-2007, 11:23 PM
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| 10 billion years?
A standard dictionary, and some translation dictionaries, too.
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12-15-2007, 12:07 AM
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| a copy of starcraft.
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12-15-2007, 12:43 AM
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| Maybe a phonograph record-a 12-inch gold-plated copper disk containing sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth. The record would be in audio, designed to be played at 16-2/3 revolutions per second. It would contain spoken greetings, beginning with Akkadian, which was spoken in Sumer about six thousand years ago, and ending with Wu, a modern Chinese dialect. Following the section on the sounds of Earth, there would be an eclectic 95 minute selection of music, including both Eastern and Western classics and a variety of ethnic music. Each record would be encased in a protective aluminum jacket, together with a cartridge and needle. Instructions, in symbolic language, would explain the origin of the spacecraft and indicate how the record is to be played; The 115 images included would be encoded in analog form.
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12-15-2007, 12:33 PM
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| Since the Sun's life cycle will lead to its burning off our atmosphere and boiling off all water in less than 1 billion years, I think I might adjust my time horizons... | |
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12-15-2007, 12:44 PM
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| Yeah, might want to think about some extra insulation in the attic...
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12-15-2007, 02:39 PM
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| Or locate the attic out beyond Pluto somewhere.
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12-15-2007, 03:41 PM
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| I second starcraft, I bet people will still be playing it 10 billion years from now anyway. | |
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12-15-2007, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by BrianH Instructions, in symbolic language, would explain the origin of the spacecraft and indicate how the record is to be played | Spacecraft?
That's quite the impressive house he has, if his attic is a spacecraft.
Although it might be needed, because in 5 billion years (not 1, so no need to panic just yet) the Sun will, indeed, go the way of a red balloon.
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12-16-2007, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Rabid Monk Although it might be needed, because in 5 billion years (not 1, so no need to panic just yet) the Sun will, indeed, go the way of a red balloon. | Yes, but where are the other 98? | |
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12-16-2007, 09:04 AM
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| Gah... I told you people that I had it all worked out so that we would survive for another ten billion years or more. I didn't choose ten randomly. In about four to five billon years the sun will convert all of its helium to hydrogen and become a massive red giant. Then we will be enveloped by the sun out to Mars. But not if we protect the earth with a shield of some kind of matter. I have that part worked out too. If we go to, say, the moon Titan and wait for another sun to form, we could go back to the earth that is covered by said material and rebuild everything. Hence there will be an attic in a building underground with things that people have stored.
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12-16-2007, 02:40 PM
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| An attic in an underground structure would be...the first floor.
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12-16-2007, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by jaroslav Gah... I told you people that I had it all worked out so that we would survive for another ten billion years or more. I didn't choose ten randomly. In about four to five billon years the sun will convert all of its helium to hydrogen and become a massive red giant. Then we will be enveloped by the sun out to Mars. But not if we protect the earth with a shield of some kind of matter. I have that part worked out too. If we go to, say, the moon Titan and wait for another sun to form, we could go back to the earth that is covered by said material and rebuild everything. Hence there will be an attic in a building underground with things that people have stored. | Dude, this is fencing.net, everybody will be up your arse nitpicking.
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12-16-2007, 05:12 PM
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| Sorry, I'm just having a difficult day today. You know, trying not to get eaten by fat miniature dachshunds and stuff like that.
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12-16-2007, 05:15 PM
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| I would love to be eaten up by fat, miniature dachshunds. | |
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12-16-2007, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by cornflower I would love to eat fat miniature dachshunds. | Fix'd!
I would leave an encoded form of my DNA and an upload of my entire personality and memory. That way they can resurrect me and I can gasp in astonishment at what I have seen.
EDIT: My idea makes for some interesting philosophical discussions. Maybe a new thread. | |
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12-17-2007, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by HDG Since the Sun's life cycle will lead to its burning off our atmosphere and boiling off all water in less than 1 billion years, I think I might adjust my time horizons... | The Suns life on the main sequence is approximately 10 billion years. Since it's about 5 billions years old now, I'd say we have about another 5 billion left, not 1.
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