Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by zentara (Archbishop) on Nov 01, 2009 at 15:18 UTC
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by Illuminatus (Curate) on Nov 01, 2009 at 23:46 UTC
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by Tux (Canon) on Nov 01, 2009 at 18:29 UTC
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by kyle (Abbot) on Nov 01, 2009 at 15:51 UTC
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by davies (Prior) on Nov 01, 2009 at 22:29 UTC
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...large hadrons?
Regards,
John Davies | [reply] |
Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by amir_e_a (Hermit) on Nov 01, 2009 at 21:54 UTC
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by johngg (Canon) on Nov 01, 2009 at 22:30 UTC
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I expect future archaeologists will refer to the "SCSI Terminator Layer" when classifying the age of found artifacts.
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by planetscape (Chancellor) on Nov 03, 2009 at 19:18 UTC
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Nov 01, 2009 at 23:28 UTC
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by tbone1 (Monsignor) on Nov 02, 2009 at 15:46 UTC
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Foam. It perfectly embodies the philosophy (so-called) of the age.
Then again, never underestimate stupidity. As the old saying goes, it's the third most common thing thing in the universe after hydrogen and helium.
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tbone1, YAPS (Yet Another Perl Schlub)
And remember, if he succeeds, so what.
- Chick McGee
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by Bloodnok (Vicar) on Nov 01, 2009 at 23:18 UTC
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by Utilitarian (Vicar) on Nov 02, 2009 at 10:08 UTC
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Depends on the nature of the Historian and the distance in the future, if we're talking post western civilisation archaeologists plastics seem a good bet.
However if we're talking a couple of hundred years hence (when western civilisation still maintains hopefully) then I guess the "Information age" tag would hold and the associated material in the minds of arts professionals tends to be silicon. | [reply] |
Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by moritz (Cardinal) on Nov 02, 2009 at 11:16 UTC
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by Ratazong (Monsignor) on Nov 02, 2009 at 08:26 UTC
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by toolic (Bishop) on Nov 01, 2009 at 19:56 UTC
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by LanX (Saint) on Nov 02, 2009 at 00:33 UTC
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... business school rhetorics!
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by StommePoes (Scribe) on Nov 05, 2009 at 14:54 UTC
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by GrandFather (Saint) on Nov 05, 2009 at 05:42 UTC
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by tubaandy (Deacon) on Nov 02, 2009 at 19:59 UTC
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I'm thinking aluminium. My thought is due to it's passivation, it tends to be relatively inert. Then again, many plastics have a very long half-life to breaking down...
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by Discipulus (Canon) on Nov 03, 2009 at 08:36 UTC
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print map {chr (((hex A0)/2+3)+$_)}(0,-11,-10,1) | [reply] [d/l] |
Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by monk2b (Pilgrim) on Nov 17, 2009 at 16:45 UTC
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I thought plastics were oil based, live and learn.
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by gwhite (Friar) on Nov 23, 2009 at 21:02 UTC
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by talexb (Chancellor) on Nov 26, 2009 at 17:02 UTC
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Copper! From all the power lines and the network cables that the Internet's built out of.
I don't know how a geek could make any other choice. :)
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by pmonk4ever (Friar) on Nov 02, 2009 at 23:31 UTC
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Silicon will give way to a new material that will spawn massive parallel computing properties which will allow direct neural connections to the brain and usher in a new era of information overload!
Yea, no more keyboards!!!
pmonk4ever
"No trees were harmed in the creation of this node. However, a rather large number of electrons were somewhat inconvenienced."
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by apl (Monsignor) on Nov 03, 2009 at 15:19 UTC
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- hot air (either as a euphemism for bull$#!+ or global warming; take your pick)
- feigned outrage
- crocodile tears
- Unreality-based decisions
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by jonadab (Parson) on Nov 04, 2009 at 11:30 UTC
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I suppose it depends on what materials that we commonly use become less common in the future. Plastic seems obvious at first, but on further consideration I suspect that we've really only just *begun* to use plastic, and it will probably be rather a long time before plastics reach their peak. If so, the current era may end up with some other characterization.
Perhaps the more interesting question: which information formats will future historians associate with our era?
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by Gavin (Archbishop) on Nov 02, 2009 at 10:44 UTC
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Crock of sh*te at the end of the rainbow.
An era that promised so much yet has managed to deliver so little so far.
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by pileofrogs (Priest) on Nov 13, 2009 at 18:57 UTC
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by gloryhack (Deacon) on Nov 03, 2009 at 10:42 UTC
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by poolpi (Hermit) on Nov 10, 2009 at 07:16 UTC
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$mc =~ /(?<=mis)?information/;
PooLpi
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by nimdokk (Vicar) on Nov 09, 2009 at 20:57 UTC
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*starts humming "Living In A Plastic Age" by the Buggles* | [reply] |
Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by wjw (Priest) on Nov 06, 2009 at 21:54 UTC
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..cubic zirconia... because image is everything .. and reality is not affordable..
hmmm... I am less pessimistic than I sound, but don't tell anyone.
- ...the majority is always wrong, and always the last to know about it...
- The Spice must flow...
- ..by my will, and by will alone.. I set my mind in motion
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What are iPods made out of?
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Soylent green.
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tbone1, YAPS (Yet Another Perl Schlub)
And remember, if he succeeds, so what.
- Chick McGee
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Re: Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is...
by pid (Monk) on Nov 11, 2009 at 13:53 UTC
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