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This idea is actually a derivative of one of Saddam Hussein's practices. He had his name imprinted on a lot of bricks so his name would be passed on down to future generations. I'm thinking some enterprising brick manufacturer should offer to embed plastic dogtags into the bricks for a reasonable price.
The dogtag would give your name and a short bio. That information would also be repeated in a couple of different languages, giving you the chance to become the next Rosetta Stone.
Wymering project
http://www.petecodl....co.uk/wymering.htm
[po, Oct 29 2004]
Archaeological Storage
http://www.halfbake...eological_20Storage
[theircompetitor, Oct 29 2004]
Rosetta Cemetery
http://www.halfbake.../Rosetta_20Cemetery
[theircompetitor, Oct 29 2004]
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po - Very nice. But I'm talking about baking the dogtags inside the bricks. Tiny time capsules to be forgotten and rediscovered someday. |
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When Guildford Cathedral was being built, they raised funds by letting you write your name on the inside of a brick for 50p (I think it was 50p - I wasn't around then). The names are presumably all still there inside the walls. |
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I've seen RFID tags go through medical sterilizers without any problem so we could use the same kind of material for our dogtags if melting became an issue. |
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Frogs [oniony]? Either that's a bricklaying term I don't know or else you are very insane. |
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The program [wagster] noted has also been done in a number of places in a different variation: paving stones in a public area. Two that I have personally visited are Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia and the open area right outside the gates of the Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida. This has become a bit of a "meme" in the U.S., where any public area that has significant uses of paving bricks uses this as a way to raise money. |
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[contracts] I deleted mine as it pretty much gave away what you said. It was funny though! |
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long, the point is - its been baked for millions of years! |
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"Bricks have been baked for millions of years." Well whoop-de-doo, [po], we all know that. It's hardly the same. ;-) |
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nah, enscribing your name on a brick! silly. |
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cave-paintings spring to mind. |
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po - And the Rosetta stone that tells us who the caveman was and what his life was like was found where? |
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It's there, you just have to read between the lines. |
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There's just white space between the lines. |
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It's in invisible ink, if you send me $29.95 I'll send you a de-coder ring. |
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