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DRoseDARs is offline DRoseDARs

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You misunderstand. These things go in cycles. Capitalism vs Communism threads, computer threads, hard and theoretical science threads, political threads of many degrees. The list goes on. This forum isn't just populated by teens and youngsters; there are a lot of professionals in many fields who were also drawn, nay compelled, to this place.

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Originally posted by General Ludd
I want to say "My glaze recipes" but I don't have any yet.


So I'll just say nothing.


Well its time to get working on those Glaze Recipes! You wouldnt want them to be lost to eternity...

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Not quite -- more students here in a variety of fields than accomplished professionals. We do have some professionals here, yes -- such as doctors -- but many more are either undergrad, graduate, or post-grad students.

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poetry? Are you serious? Talk about not being representitive of all mankind.

Please, give me one poem that is representitive of all mankind.

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This is a realy active forum!

It suprises me that you guys are most interested in recording achievments in social organization. What about physics and mathematics? To me they represent some of mans greatest legacies.


Great idea - what should we save from our civilization? basic observations on the physical universe!

I'm sure anyone discovering these long lost relics of an ancient civilization will be utterly fascinated that we knew how to count.

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poetry? Are you serious? Talk about not being representitive of all mankind.

Please, give me one poem that is representitive of all mankind.


Name me one thing, period, that is reprentive of all mankind.

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I firmly believe that I will soon be in this situation and I already know what I am going to write.

"The fact that you are reading this, means that all human beings are dead. Just so you know, George W Bush was responsible.

Signed:

Ebenezer McFartybutts"

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Great idea - what should we save from our civilization? basic observations on the physical universe!

I'm sure anyone discovering these long lost relics of an ancient civilization will be utterly fascinated that we knew how to count.


They might be fascinated if they didnt already know how to "count". Even if they did, at least they would give us credit

I think mathematics dont represent cultural bias, and are a human achievment.

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Name me one thing, period, that is reprentive of all mankind.


True. I was thinking that after I wrote it. Even the concepts of freedom liberty and equality are not universial amonst our race...

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this


That would sure leave future archeologists debating for centuries

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And then rig the drive to trigger a nuclear bomb when turned on?

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Comrade Tassadar pwns silly 'what if' question.

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Why are we writing this down?
And for whom?
(I hope they read English)

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We've stuck this plaque on Pioneer 10. Similar stuff is on the Voyager probes.

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I would use eight sheets to wipe my butt, one to blow my nose, and on the last sheet I would write down the lyrics to Manowar's songs "Hail and Kill" and "Kill with Power"

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I don't care, since if the langages I know survives, 10 pages is nothing.

If they don't, combined with the fact that I can't draw, means I shouldn't bother.

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quote:
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We've stuck this plaque on Pioneer 10. Similar stuff is on the Voyager probes.



You're joking with us about this, right?

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I'd imprint porn manga on the paper. This is definitely representative of mankind

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quote:
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You're joking with us about this, right?

He's not

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quote:
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Please, give me one poem that is representitive of all mankind.


ask and ye shall receive, the greatest song ever written:

quote:

On a warm summer’s evenin’ on a train bound for nowhere,
I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep.
So we took turns a starin’ out the window at the darkness
’til boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.

He said, son, I’ve made a life out of readin’ people’s faces,
And knowin’ what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.
So if you don’t mind my sayin’, I can see you’re out of aces.
For a taste of your whiskey I’ll give you some advice.

So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow.
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.
And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.
Said, if you’re gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right.

You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count your money when you’re sittin’ at the table.
There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealin’s done.

Now ev’ry gambler knows that the secret to survivin’
Is knowin’ what to throw away and knowing what to keep.
’cause ev’ry hand’s a winner and ev’ry hand’s a loser,
And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep.

So when he’d finished speakin’, he turned back towards the window,
Crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep.
And somewhere in the darkness the gambler, he broke even.
But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.

You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count your money when you’re sittin’ at the table.
There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealin’s done.

You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count you r money when you’re sittin’ at the table.
There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealin’s done.

Whoha is offline Whoha
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I thought this might be a good place to ask this question:

If you knew the Earth and mankind were about to vanish, and the only thing left would be ten sheets of paper, what would you write down?

I was thinking I would write down some basic mathematics and geometry information etc.

The idea is that these pages would be the legacy of mankind.


I hate writing so Mankind's legacy = boned.

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Name me one thing, period, that is reprentive of all mankind.


actually now that I think about it I would draw stick figures shooting at each other, poorly drawn tanks, aircraft, para-troopers, etc.

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Bach's second Brandenburg, 3rd movement. Might be longer than three pages, but so what?

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quote:
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You're joking with us about this, right?


One of my favorite editorial cartoons came out when this was fired out. It showed aliens who were exact duplicants of the couple shown in the drawing looking at the picture. One of them was saying, "The people of Earth look a lot like us, but they don't wear any clothes."

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He's not





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the Bill of Rights

the Ten Commandments

mathematical formulas

and from there I'm lost. I mean, 10 pages isn't a lot, definitely not enough to include anything major (like a philosophical work or a history of the world.)

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