Mercurial > thoughts
changeset 70:ed7d0ca99c55
gold bar idea.
author | Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu> |
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date | Mon, 14 Oct 2013 22:26:21 -0400 |
parents | 2097f7685a3b |
children | dc521fea9219 |
files | org/ideas.org |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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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