<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:s="http://www.techrepublic.com/search" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<channel>
    <title><![CDATA[Discussion on Futuristic (Prototype of The Long Now Foundation's 10,000 year clock) ]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704]]></link>
    <atom:link rel="hub" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" />
    <atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704/rss" />

    <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
    <language>en-us</language>
    <lastBuildDate>2013-06-19T10:01:09-07:00</lastBuildDate>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Well...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3394084]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[it's only meant to last for a measly ten millennia... ]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3394084]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AnsuGisalas]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:41:28 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Cory]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3394082]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Is thinking very long time, as in, proton decay.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3394082]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[santeewelding]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:31:21 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Decay...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3394059]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[metal doesn't naturally decay.Redox isn't decay, it's corrosion, which is avoidable.If the works are large enough, wear will have an insignificant impact. A bit like Tycho Brahe's twelve-foot sextant.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3394059]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AnsuGisalas]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:24:30 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Not deep enough...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3393910]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Erm, as it's mechanical, the 'century' bezel can only have a limited number of indications. Besides, I'm sure the metals have a limited lifetime before the mechanical motions erode the components and the natural decay of the metals affect the precision of the instrument.Aside from that, I think more than enough thought went into theorising the complex variables and constructing the mechanisms required to realise such a project.Very well done guys, don't be put-off; there will always be doubters.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3393910]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[cory.schultze@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 04:55:35 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Gaudi]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3393628]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Delicious.I recommend it be enjoyed to the music of Erik Satie, for example the &quot;barefooted pieces&quot;.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3393628]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AnsuGisalas]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:55:15 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Sagrada Familia comes to mind]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3393346]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[do not know if they will ever finish that work.  In reaching for the stars, we may never get there, but to give up the attempt is to lie down and die.You are so right, it is all about long term thinking, a concept almost lost on this modern world.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3393346]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Jay]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 04:26:16 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[That's the Point]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3393323]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Of the project. To look at how to do these things.We need to learn to think long term in the modern age. If you look at the great cathedrals of Europe, many took a century or more to build. Can you imagine how we would go about getting a project off the ground that no one alive now will see completed? That no one alive now will profit from?We've lost something fundamental to society and it's going to bite us. We need to start thinking about the long term, and our responsibilties to the unborn. This project is an attempt to get people thinking in these terms.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3393323]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dogknees]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:05:57 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Deep Thought]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3393314]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[pretty cool, but I doubt it will last even a quarter as long -- will the final version come with a lifetime warranty ?? in any case, future civilizations will look at this clock (as we do with the Mayan calendar) and wonder why it stops at 10,000 years -- is it the predicted end of the world ??]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3393314]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[krzyst0ff]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:28:29 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Good point]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391446]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[from what we think we know about Antikythera, the devices are very similar.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391446]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Jay]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:22:05 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[They should call this clock]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391432]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Antikythera II]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391432]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AnsuGisalas]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:03:28 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[I can see it now]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391386]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The remains of our civilization to those around in 10,000AD include Mt. Rushmore, the Great Pyramid,  the Stone Mountain carving , the (finally completed) statue of  Crazy Horse, the remnants of several concrete dams, and the 10,000-year clock.And they will be thinking of us as we think of the ancient Greeks and Egyptions: &quot;How did they do all this without modern technology?&quot;Humanity is ever thus...]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391386]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:10:17 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Remember these are just prototypes]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391383]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[The completed unit will be monumental, 60 to 100 feet tall.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391383]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Jay]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 07:39:59 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Not - I]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391344]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[think - for the wrist. ]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391344]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[AnsuGisalas]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 05:19:09 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Too cool.]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391309]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Wonder just how weighty it is.  The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996* to creatively foster long-term thinking and responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years...Optimism indeed.editI want one.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391309]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[boxfiddler]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:41:48 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[This guy could use it.]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391307]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[http://rachelsussman.com/portfolios/OLTW/spruce.html]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391307]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[seanferd]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 20:52:43 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[You could have posted it]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391294]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[As our intrepid road sweeper knows it is not about the tool, but the journey.  Funny stuff, thanks.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk24RdfXWcg]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391294]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Jay]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:55:39 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[1 clock - 10,000 years -no problem]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391301]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA['Only Fools and Horses' presented us with Trigger's everlasting broom - it had many new heads and handles but it was the 'same broom'.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391301]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Ridgers]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:07:45 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[We'll change the calendar before that]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391168]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[What year is it now?2010, 5771, 1421 or...The latest change, from Julian to Gregorian, finished its roll-out only in last century (although the Julian calendar is still used a lot by the Orthodox Churches.)If a mechanical clock would be able to work for 10000, then there's a huge chance that we'll come up with a new prevailing calendar in the meantime. Oh, and the view of the galaxy will also change substantially over 10000 years!But, most important: This is a really beautiful piece of art and engineering. Thanks for sharing!]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391168]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[TobiF]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 01:04:55 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[Fabulously Steampunk!]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391171]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[It is not only functionally cool, but artistically beautiful.Just needs a few bits of polished rosewood...]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3391171]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[scorch@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:13:12 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
             

    <item>
        <title><![CDATA[I've got my doubts...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3390955]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I have to agree. I don't see anything with moving parts being able to last anywhere near this long. We just don't build stuff to last, so we really don't have any experience to draw on. I'm sure they tried to take all this into account, but like I said, we have no experience base. There will undoubtedly be problems they never envisioned. Sadly, the only things humanity has constructed that have significant longevity involve the stacking of rocks...no moving parts required.]]></description>
        <guid><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-338704-3390955]]></guid>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mckinnej]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 08:57:22 -0800</pubDate>
    </item>
    </channel>
</rss>

