Comments on: Stone faces http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11736 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:11:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: tinnie http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11736#comment-139024 tinnie Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:12:25 +0000 #comment-139024 This is totally Planet of the Apes. This is totally Planet of the Apes.

]]> By: kevin http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11736#comment-138915 kevin Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:01:34 +0000 #comment-138915 <em>Also we use metal rebar in most of our concrete that actually hastens the break down of concrete by forcing it apart from the inside as it rusts.</em><br /> <br /> I blame MNDOT. Also we use metal rebar in most of our concrete that actually hastens the break down of concrete by forcing it apart from the inside as it rusts.

I blame MNDOT.

]]> By: mazasapa http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11736#comment-138863 mazasapa Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:52:35 +0000 #comment-138863 <em>We have equipment/storage out there that resists EMP, tuecer. Maz could tell you more (seriously!).</em><br /> <br /> I could, but then I'd have to kill ya. We have equipment/storage out there that resists EMP, tuecer. Maz could tell you more (seriously!).

I could, but then I’d have to kill ya.

]]> By: Mpls Simpleton http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11736#comment-138858 Mpls Simpleton Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:43:49 +0000 #comment-138858 I'm sure there will be some things such as the great wall of China that are still around. Although there was another scary show about the top 7 threats to civilization on yesterday. Number 6 or something like that was Yellowstone Park Caldera becoming active again and blotting out the sun for decades. I’m sure there will be some things such as the great wall of China that are still around. Although there was another scary show about the top 7 threats to civilization on yesterday. Number 6 or something like that was Yellowstone Park Caldera becoming active again and blotting out the sun for decades.

]]> By: teucer http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11736#comment-138857 teucer Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:34:20 +0000 #comment-138857 Elizabeth: "If you're really worried about it, keep your computer and/or mp3 player in a Faraday cage."<br /> <br /> I really don't think that Zombie Faradays are going to be that much of a threat to my MP3 collection, no matter how dystopic the future is. Elizabeth: “If you’re really worried about it, keep your computer and/or mp3 player in a Faraday cage.”

I really don’t think that Zombie Faradays are going to be that much of a threat to my MP3 collection, no matter how dystopic the future is.

]]> By: msparber http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11736#comment-138856 msparber Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:34:11 +0000 #comment-138856 Aw, Jeez. I thought time was on our side. Oh yes it was. Aw, Jeez. I thought time was on our side. Oh yes it was.

]]> By: teucer http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11736#comment-138855 teucer Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:31:54 +0000 #comment-138855 Someone Set Us Up the iTunes 7!!<br /> <br /> Mpls Simpleton: "Also we use metal rebar in most of our concrete that actually hastens the break down of concrete by forcing it apart from the inside as it rusts. We don't make much from actual stone anymore that isn't reinforced with steel or concrete."<br /> <br /> I was assuming that concrete would have crumbled long before 10,000 years - it doesn't survive well underground and is very vulnerable to water leaching. But foundations for big building are dug deep, so I would guess that subsidence will leave visible traces for thousands of years. <br /> <br /> After all, the stone and bronze age earthworks I'm talking about aren't made out of stone, they're just ditches and earth ramparts. Sometimes the walls have rubble cores, often they don't. But they're still readily visible.<br /> <br /> Once you start getting into the hundreds of thousands of years, all bets are off though. Erosion, tectonics and time are without mercy. Someone Set Us Up the iTunes 7!!

Mpls Simpleton: “Also we use metal rebar in most of our concrete that actually hastens the break down of concrete by forcing it apart from the inside as it rusts. We don’t make much from actual stone anymore that isn’t reinforced with steel or concrete.”

I was assuming that concrete would have crumbled long before 10,000 years – it doesn’t survive well underground and is very vulnerable to water leaching. But foundations for big building are dug deep, so I would guess that subsidence will leave visible traces for thousands of years.

After all, the stone and bronze age earthworks I’m talking about aren’t made out of stone, they’re just ditches and earth ramparts. Sometimes the walls have rubble cores, often they don’t. But they’re still readily visible.

Once you start getting into the hundreds of thousands of years, all bets are off though. Erosion, tectonics and time are without mercy.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11736#comment-138851 Elizabeth Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:25:34 +0000 #comment-138851 <em>No, I am aware of EMP hardening but that's not going to protect the world's MP3 collections, is it?</em><br /> <br /> If you're really worried about it, keep your computer and/or mp3 player in a Faraday cage. No, I am aware of EMP hardening but that’s not going to protect the world’s MP3 collections, is it?

If you’re really worried about it, keep your computer and/or mp3 player in a Faraday cage.

]]> By: aliecat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11736#comment-138850 aliecat Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:21:57 +0000 #comment-138850 <em>No, I am aware of EMP hardening but that's not going to protect the world's MP3 collections, is it? </em><br /> <br /> All your iTunes are belong to us! No, I am aware of EMP hardening but that’s not going to protect the world’s MP3 collections, is it?

All your iTunes are belong to us!

]]> By: teucer http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/11736#comment-138849 teucer Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:15:35 +0000 #comment-138849 No, I am aware of EMP hardening but that's not going to protect the world's MP3 collections, is it? No, I am aware of EMP hardening but that’s not going to protect the world’s MP3 collections, is it?

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