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Could someone explain the reference to Sherwin-Williams? It's a paint company, but how is that related to the Other Transaction Authority?
by TorKlingberg 12y ago
Could someone explain the reference to Sherwin-Williams? It's a paint company, but how is that related to the Other Transaction Authority?
- gshubert17 12y agoSherwin-Williams used a "cover the earth" phrase and illustration [0] in their advertising. Their paint covers everything. The Other Transactional Authority clause was used to "cover everything" not otherwise specified in the original legislation. [0] http://daindunston.com/wp-content/uploads/cover-the-earth.jpg http://daindunston.com/wp-content/uploads/cover-the-earth.jp...
- HCIdivision17 12y agoSherwin-Williams has a slogan "Cover the Earth". The reference here being that this clause covers just about anything NASA could need, colorfully playing off the slogan (and possibly the idea of CYA).
- snowwrestler 12y agoYou know, that's actually a really creepy mental image: the entire globe painted in lurid colors of latex paint. All food sources are coated and inedible. Every plant is coated and photosynthesis fails. Amphibians can't breath through their skin and die. People can't sweat and die of heat exhaustion. The entire biosphere is cut off from the sun and dies and rots under a millimeter-thick coating of bright paint. Anerobic bacteria gorge themselves, releasing gases that bubble the paint. Earth is left looking like a psychedelic beach ball with blisters. Somewhere in the deep sea, only the tube worms that live off deep ocean volcanic vents are left to carry life forward.