changeset 70:ed7d0ca99c55

gold bar idea.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Mon, 14 Oct 2013 22:26:21 -0400
parents 2097f7685a3b
children dc521fea9219
files org/ideas.org
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     1.1 --- a/org/ideas.org	Sun Oct 13 12:09:05 2013 -0400
     1.2 +++ b/org/ideas.org	Mon Oct 14 22:26:21 2013 -0400
     1.3 @@ -31,6 +31,20 @@
     1.4  getting credit.
     1.5  #+end_quote
     1.6  
     1.7 +- tamper proof gold bars :: [[http://www.tungsten-alloy.com/gold-plated-tungsten-alloy-bar.html][this site]] offers gold plated tungsten bars
     1.8 +     as "novelty" items. One reason to prefer coins is because they
     1.9 +     are much harder to counterfeit because there is less surface area
    1.10 +     to mass ratio. However, gold bars are still a great design
    1.11 +     because they can hold a lot of value in a small space. A gold bar
    1.12 +     could be given the same protections (and more) that gold coins
    1.13 +     have to offer by changing it into a "gold book", which would have
    1.14 +     hundreds of "pages" of gold bound together. This could be
    1.15 +     implemented with multiple steel rods going through the book which
    1.16 +     can be removed, or some more classier mechanism for holding the
    1.17 +     pages. The point is that the bar can be EASILY subdivided (and
    1.18 +     people would perform this test before buying), thus guaranteeing
    1.19 +     it's authenticity.
    1.20 +
    1.21  - aurellem shirt :: I should make an aurellem star symbol tee-shirt. 
    1.22  
    1.23  - high school science :: this is a lesson in scientific ethics. The