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gold bar idea.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Mon, 14 Oct 2013 22:26:21 -0400
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29 #+begin_quote 29 #+begin_quote
30 There's no end to what a man can accomplish if he doesn't care about 30 There's no end to what a man can accomplish if he doesn't care about
31 getting credit. 31 getting credit.
32 #+end_quote 32 #+end_quote
33
34 - tamper proof gold bars :: [[http://www.tungsten-alloy.com/gold-plated-tungsten-alloy-bar.html][this site]] offers gold plated tungsten bars
35 as "novelty" items. One reason to prefer coins is because they
36 are much harder to counterfeit because there is less surface area
37 to mass ratio. However, gold bars are still a great design
38 because they can hold a lot of value in a small space. A gold bar
39 could be given the same protections (and more) that gold coins
40 have to offer by changing it into a "gold book", which would have
41 hundreds of "pages" of gold bound together. This could be
42 implemented with multiple steel rods going through the book which
43 can be removed, or some more classier mechanism for holding the
44 pages. The point is that the bar can be EASILY subdivided (and
45 people would perform this test before buying), thus guaranteeing
46 it's authenticity.
33 47
34 - aurellem shirt :: I should make an aurellem star symbol tee-shirt. 48 - aurellem shirt :: I should make an aurellem star symbol tee-shirt.
35 49
36 - high school science :: this is a lesson in scientific ethics. The 50 - high school science :: this is a lesson in scientific ethics. The
37 goal is to calculate /g/, the local gravitational 51 goal is to calculate /g/, the local gravitational