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> ...no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here. Sounds like a great place to hide a treasure.

Balgair 12y ago
or a weapon. Just think of what a Genghis or Cesar would have done with such a thing, especially if he had no idea of what the long term effects were. I think labeling the stuff is too dangerous as well, politicians can get their hands on the stuff. It's better to just bury it, as safely as possible, and then remove all outside traces of existence.
- krisgee 12y ago
  >It's better to just bury it, as safely as possible, and then remove all outside traces of existence. Seems quite rude to leave unmarked radioactive waste lying around where future people might stumble over it.
  - TeMPOraL 12y ago
    I side with curtis here[0]. If you burry this stuff deep enough in sealed containers, using best tech available, then (barring any massive geological changes) the only way for someone to stumble over it is if they have technological capabilities comparable to ours. [0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8091034 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8091034
    - krisgee 12y ago
      Yes and as a person in a culture with technology comparable to ours it seems like, miners for instance would be pretty ticked off if they were falling into old pits of unmarked radioactive waste all the time.
- maaku 12y ago
  Worked for Genghis Khan.
- anon4 12y ago
  They would send a few expendable soldiers and later on observe the effects of radiation sickness. Then they would try using the stuff as a weapon and discover you can't clean up after throwing it at the enemy. A couple of cities would become uninhabitable and everyone will learn that when the sign says "do not touch", we actually mean it.
cpeterso 12y ago
^ And if anyone knows about hiding treasure, it's someone with the handle "Pirate-of-SV". :)
arrrg 12y ago
That’s why that is the message, not the actual implementation of the message … This message was never supposed to be written anywhere, in any language. That message is the content. It’s the goal, it’s what is supposed to be delivered. It’s the payload and the panel came together to find a way to transport that payload across time. The goal is not that someone in the future reads exactly that message, the goal is that someone in the future sees the markers and they convey (at least parts of) the message to them so that they honestly believe it. As you can see, just describing the intended message right now, today, can be highly misleading and confusing, even when you are straightforward in describing it. People are quick in assuming fraud and deception, for example. That’s the challenge. But no, no one wanted to put signs with that message up. That would not do. That was always clear. Even if people in 10,000 years would understand English.

Balgair 12y ago

or a weapon. Just think of what a Genghis or Cesar would have done with such a thing, especially if he had no idea of what the long term effects were. I think labeling the stuff is too dangerous as well, politicians can get their hands on the stuff. It's better to just bury it, as safely as possible, and then remove all outside traces of existence.

krisgee 12y ago
>It's better to just bury it, as safely as possible, and then remove all outside traces of existence. Seems quite rude to leave unmarked radioactive waste lying around where future people might stumble over it.
- TeMPOraL 12y ago
  I side with curtis here[0]. If you burry this stuff deep enough in sealed containers, using best tech available, then (barring any massive geological changes) the only way for someone to stumble over it is if they have technological capabilities comparable to ours. [0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8091034 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8091034
  - krisgee 12y ago
    Yes and as a person in a culture with technology comparable to ours it seems like, miners for instance would be pretty ticked off if they were falling into old pits of unmarked radioactive waste all the time.
maaku 12y ago
Worked for Genghis Khan.
anon4 12y ago
They would send a few expendable soldiers and later on observe the effects of radiation sickness. Then they would try using the stuff as a weapon and discover you can't clean up after throwing it at the enemy. A couple of cities would become uninhabitable and everyone will learn that when the sign says "do not touch", we actually mean it.

cpeterso 12y ago

^ And if anyone knows about hiding treasure, it's someone with the handle "Pirate-of-SV". :)

arrrg 12y ago

That’s why that is the message, not the actual implementation of the message … This message was never supposed to be written anywhere, in any language. That message is the content. It’s the goal, it’s what is supposed to be delivered. It’s the payload and the panel came together to find a way to transport that payload across time. The goal is not that someone in the future reads exactly that message, the goal is that someone in the future sees the markers and they convey (at least parts of) the message to them so that they honestly believe it. As you can see, just describing the intended message right now, today, can be highly misleading and confusing, even when you are straightforward in describing it. People are quick in assuming fraud and deception, for example. That’s the challenge. But no, no one wanted to put signs with that message up. That would not do. That was always clear. Even if people in 10,000 years would understand English.