the 10.000 year clock

Discussion in 'News and Current Events' started by doctorie, Mar 30, 2010.

  1. doctorie
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    a friend of mine in second life ( rl name Danny Hillis) sent me this link to a project he is working on....

    http://www.longnow.org/clock/

    the prototype he has built..
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    This prototype is now at the Science Museum in London in the Making of the Modern World exhibit.

    excerpt

     
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  2. Yizelin
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    boy is he gonna be embarrassed when the world ends in a year and some change and his clock has barely budged ;P