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To begin with we need to find the one spot on the Earth which Geologists agree will be the last to survive intact come what may, be it volcanic, glacial, nuclear or magnetic pole shifting changes to the planets' surface and construct a game board and chess men of Easter island guardian proportions. Each
chess man should be covered in carved glyphs depicting its movements and best known end game strategies. The largest crane ever constructed will need to be...constructed so that games between countries can begin, (the order of contesting peoples for the first round could be determined by the percentage of cost or land donated for the original set).
This way, not only will time lapse games of chess be enjoyed by fans and bookies of all nationalities, but if we end up nuking ourselves our greatest game will be able to be pieced together by future alien archaeologists.
How Tower Cranes Work
http://science.hows...com/tower-crane.htm
Including how they build themselves [UnaBubba, Apr 11 2005]
Lloyd-Webber quiz
http://www.guardian...5961,634463,00.html
For 2 fries.
<takes drink after posting link>
[DrBob, Apr 13 2005]
Deep Blue - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue
"Deep Blue was the first computer system to win a chess game against a reigning world champion under regular time controls." [Detly, Apr 28 2005]
Cheesehenge!
http://www.google.c...al&client=firefox-a
[Spacecoyote, Jan 12 2008]
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i misread this as cheesehenge. i still like it + |
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I never quite figured out how a crane was constructed. I can't see how it is made without some larger crane to deliver material to the highest points. This leads to the interesting question of the creation of the first crane. No doubt there is an obvious solution but I choose not to think of it. |
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The first crane came by stork. |
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don't tell Andrew Lloyd Webber, please. |
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I thought about it, and I thought about it, and I just don't get it [neilp]. The amazing technicolor en passant? |
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Could we incorporate glyphs from each of our major civilizations, so as to provide a more holistic overview of humanity? |
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//be it volcanic, glacial, nuclear or magnetic pole shifting changes//
You forgot "fiery wrath of God(s)." |
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...and also, "[Detly] forgets to calibrate home-built
particle accelerator." |
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Future alien archeology guide: |
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"These enormous stone monoliths are thought by archeologists to have been constructed millenia ago by a long-dead civilization. Their purpose is unknown, but their sheer size and grandeur have awed visitors from across the galaxy for years. |
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In fact, they are dwarfed in size only by the even more gigantic structure you can see behind me, located half a mile away. Unlike the stone monoliths, archeologists are in near-unanimous agreement that this structure is very likely a giant primitive 'crane,' probably used for the construction and manipulation of these very monoliths." |
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[ywong] heh.
[UnaBubba] sure.
[DrBob] Thanks, I get it now but I'll probably wait for the video. |
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I also forgot "asteroid impact" but... |
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...that was a lame movie. Thanks for leaving it out. |
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constructing the largest crane ever constructed is bunnable enough, and that's not even your idea. But, then you go on to word it in such a way as to shoot coffee out my nose, which hurts, so I'm really at odds over here. |
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Who would waste millions of dollars to do that ? |
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That question is applicable to more than a few ideas here. |
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[benfrost] me too. I want CHEESEHENGE! |
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and astronauts could work out moves
from space. |
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Well if we are going to slowly destroy our planet, then we may as well at least leave try and retain some of the more popular ideas. The better halfbakery ideas, for example, could be stored in a hollowed out part of the Black King's nose. |
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And all of the evil ideas could be stored in the Black Knight. He's always the bad bastard. |
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By the way, the Easter Island statues are called "moai". They aren't that big (most are around 13 feet (or 4 metres) tall. There are some very large ones, including one still in the quarry which is about 80 feet tall. It weighs 270 tons, which means it was unlikely ever to be erected. The smaller ones are 12 to 14 tons, as I recall. |
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There are about 300 of them now standing (most were toppled during what appears to have been a civil war in about 1600AD) that were re-erected by the locals last century. They all stand on "ahu", which are altar-like plinths. They are the real works of art, as they are many times more massive than the statues. They are also finely carved. |
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They appear to have been guardians of the fields of individual tribes. (There were about a dozen tribes on the island.) My father had 5 Rapa Nui, or Easter Islanders on his staff. I used to chat with them during their lunch breaks. There is a lot of verbal history that I have never seen recorded, about Easter Island. |
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Sounds worthy of publishing. For what it's worth, I know I'd be interested. |
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I'm sure someone has written it down. There's bound to be a dusty tome somewhere. |
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It is my experience that the word "dusty" is redundant. I have yet to hear of a tome that wasn't. |
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An interesting error, Pa've, considering that "Big Blue" WAS the world's largest crane! |
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Yes, I misread it as Cheesehenge too and my first thought was that on the bakery it should be Sconehenge. |
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//Sconehenge// [marked-for-tagline] |
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