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Tsunami Warnings, Written in Stone (2011)
- theandrewbailey 11y ago(2011)
- dalke 11y ago(And posted on HN 1 month ago and 4 years ago. https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Tsunami%20stone&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Tsunami%20stone&sort=byPopular... )
- oddsquare66 11y agoThis was shown as an example of Long Term Thinking during a presentation on the design of the Clock of the Long Now.
- MrJagil 11y agoWhat exactly does your post mean? Links would be great as well.
- Natsu 11y agoThere's a 10,000 year clock meant to get people to think long term. Presumably, GP is saying they consider the tsunami stones a source of inspiration. The website for the clock itself has been on HN before. It can be found here: http://longnow.org/clock/ http://longnow.org/clock/
- oddsquare66 11y agoThe Clock of the Long Now: http://longnow.org/clock/ http://longnow.org/clock/ The lecture on the Clock that I saw was recorded. You can see it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nphxoUxSvgY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nphxoUxSvgY The remark on the stone in Japan is at about 44:30 into the video.
- mazsa 11y agoSome stories are still useful after 1142 years: http://articles.latimes.com/print/2012/mar/11/opinion/la-oe-holguin-veras-tsunami-20120311 http://articles.latimes.com/print/2012/mar/11/opinion/la-oe-...
- b_emery 11y agoReminds me of one of my favorite things to do in Rome: track down high water marks: http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/waters/flood_markers.html http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/waters/flood_markers.html
- fsloth 11y agoSystems design. Takes humility, takes time. Those stones are civil engineering that will serve a thousand years.
- logicallee 11y agoWow. Like finding a line in ancient source code that says: // DO NOT MODIFY ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE!