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- blapierre, on 10/12/2007, -6/+81Where can I find stainless seals? I bet they make great fur coats. PETA can throw their blood on it but you'll be able to wash it right off!
- Universal, on 10/12/2007, -5/+44Inventory of the Crypt of Civilization
* 5 phonograph records (transcriptions)
* 2 bird records (songs of birds)
* 3 records in album
* 5 records (miscellaneous)
* General Gannett and Acompo 8 records
* 1 transcription (Premier of Canada)
* phonograph records in 2 boxes - History of Mines - 37 10" records, 2 12" records
* 1 container of beer (about one quart)
* 1 plastic bird, 1 plastic ash tray
* 1 beetle plastic ornament and bowl
* 1 vanity make-up mirror with light
* 11 miscellaneous recordings
* 6 recordings (Artie Shaw)
* 6 recordings (Richard Himber)
* 1 plastic savings bank
* 3 plastic pieces (miscellaneous)
* 1 plastic display case for watch
* 1 set Lionel model train (6 cars, I track)
* 1 cigarette holder
* 1 model air conditioner apparatus
* 1 box of eight plastic samples
* 1 set of scales (hand)
* 1 Ingraham pocket watch
* 1 Regen's cigarette lighter
* 1 Ingraham wrist watch (woman's)
* 1 sample of gold mesh
* 1 Gen-A-Lite flashlight
* 1 Toastolator (electric)
* 1 Monroe calculator
* 1 set Lincoln Logs (toys)
* 1 mannikin (female) in glass case
* 1 mannikin (male) in glass case
* 1 telephone instrument dial phone (desk type)
* 10 samples of textile upholstery
* 4 samples plated plastics
* 1 3-cell flash light
* Audio Scriptions (2 records of Dr. Jacobs' voice)
* 1 pencil painting
* 1 cut and 2 illustrations from cut
* 1 set Helios (game board and pieces)
* 2 carved glass panels
* 1 set Bridgeomatic (game)
* 2 micro-film readers and 2 micro-films (Oglethorpe Book of Georgia Verse)
* 1 obstetrical model (2 pieces)
* 1 set graduates (sealed)
* 1 Micarta gear
* 1 package containing 6 miniature panties, 5 miniature shirts, 3 drawers
* 1 sample plastic radio case
* 2 Lennox china vases, 1 blue china bowl
* 1 Emerson radio
* 1 sample of aluminum foil
* 1 sample technicolor film on display card
* 1 abrasive wheel (Aloxite)
* 4 skeins of rayon, 1 electric iron
* 2 electric lighting fixtures and 2 acetate shades
* 1 set of binoculars in leather case
* 1 recording transcription, King Gustav of Sweden
* 6 transcriptions "We, the People" radio show
* 1 Kodak (small) camera
* 1 plastic drinking glass holder
* 1 sample of catlinite
* 1 Schick Electric Razor (set)
* 1 sample of Lucite
* 1 Comptometer, Ser. no. J246635
* 2 ashtrays, plastic forms of gears
* 1 package Butterick dress patterns
* 1 DuPrene glove (rubber substitute)
* 1 set silver plate 1847 Rogers, I knife, 1 fork, 1 spoon
* 1 copy of The New York Herald-Tribune (especially prepared copy)
* 1 Masonic deposit (5 badges, I metal plaque in case, sealed)
* 1 glass jar containing 2 pen holders, 3 pencils, 1 slide rule and instructions, 1 set colored crayons, 1 plastic ruler, 1 fountain pen and pencil set, 6 corks
* 1 glass refrigerator dish and cover
* 1 Mazda lamp exhibit (component parts)
* 1 model Edison's original and 1 Mazda lamp
* 1 package assorted wearing apparel
* 1 package samples of laces and ribbons
* 1 pair ladies stockings
* 1 package - 1 towel, 3 washcloths
* 1 framed painting (roses reproduction)
* 1 framed picture (reproduction, painting of a house)
* 1 package containing 6 wood and plastic pictures
* 1 rafia covered glass powder jar
* 1 sample of soap (figure of a bull)
* 1 package assorted hair pins
* 1 package containing 6 pieces, assorted costume jewelry
* 1 glass jar containing miscellaneous ornaments and 4 berets, 1 hair net, 1 clip
* 1 glass jar containing 1 hair bow, 1 gem razor, 1 package blades, 1 shaving brush, 2 powder puffs, 2 compacts, 3 samples powder, 1 eyebrow brush, 3 lipsticks, 1 hair remover, 1 toothbrush, 1 rouge, 1 nail brush, 1 ivory stick, 1 pair manicure scissors, 1 eyelash curler, 5 hair curlers, 1 package dental floss, 1 pair tweezers, 1 package Mallene, 1 package corn pads eye cup, 1 set artificial finger nails, 1 set artificial eyelashes, 1 package playing cards, 1 set Bridge tally cards
* 1 package containing 2 combs, 1 change carrier, 1 package of paper cleaning pads, 1 identification book, 1 pair dark glasses, 1 lady's comb, 4 pair shoe laces, 2 pair shoulder straps, 1 flashlight, 2 dice, 1 cigar holder, 1 cigarette holder
* 1 package containing 5 spools of silk thread, 1 crochet hook, 1 thimble, 2 packages needles, 2 packages rickrack, 2 packages bias binding
* 1 package of samples oil cloth
* 1 lady's breast form
* 1 package cellophane dish covers, 3 belts, 1 package 2nd carbon copy of teletype news
* 1 yellow china bowl, 7 "What-Not" ornaments, 1 package picture hooks, curtain rings and ends, 1 napkin and napkin ring
* 6 packages wooden forks and spoons set toy paints, 1 tea bowl, 1 package fish hooks, 1 package drapery pins, 1 June bug spinner, 1 package curtain rings, 1 fly, 2 toy watches, 1 pocket knife
* 2 smoking pipes, 1 bottle Vaseline
* 1 porcelain figure, 2 small glass ornaments, glass coal scuttle
* 1 small glass vase, 1 glass teakettle
* 1 package paper clips, 1 package cellophane ribbon, 1 set measuring spoons, 1 doughnut cutter, 1 plastic salt and pepper shaker set, plastic picture frame, 1 set Curtain holdbacks
* 1 toy whistle, 1 golfball, 1 cake of soap
* 1 cover for milk bottle, 1 plastic knife, fork and spoon, 1 salad fork and spoon
* 1 funnel, 1 barometer, 1 glass container and cover, 1 scouring pad, 1 package of marbles, 3 outlets, 1 socket plug, 1 switch, 1 Pull chain socket, 3 house numbers, 1 rule, 1 can opener
* 1 carving knife and fork, 1 rule, 1 screwdriver
* 1 grapefruit corer, 1 potato masher, 1 ladle, 1 spoon, 1 pancake turner
* 1 asbestos mat, 1 red china plate
* 1 glass bookend (girl's head)
* 1 toy automobile, 1 toy stagecoach, 1 image of Buddha (incense burner)
* 1 small china plate, 1 small china bowl, 1 glass rolling pin,
* 1 package rayon chemicals
* 1 piece sheet music, 1 sample of mahogany treated with bakelite varnish orange reamer and bowl, 1 glass water bottle for refrigerator, 1 package paper drinking cups
* 1 coffee set (drip coffee maker, cream and sugar), 1 cream and sugar set, 1 flower holder, 2 Pyrex dishes, 1 covered china bowl, 5 drinking glasses, 1 wine glass
* 1 whiskey glass jigger, 1 liquor measure (jigger and cup), 1 vase, 1 set measuring cups, 4 red glass goblets, 1 Willow ware cup and saucer, 1 pottery bowl, 1 kitchen brush, 1 toilet brush
* 1 candlestand (candle and globe), 1 package soap and miscellaneous items (sealed)
* 1 sales ticket register, 1 Detrola radio
* 1 fishing rod, 1 badminton set and net
* 1 package fly swatter, coat hanger, etc.
* 1 assortment of cuff links, buttons, etc. (sealed), 8 packages assorted buttons
* 5 handkerchiefs, and silk scarves
* 1 Yankee screwdriver, 1 screwdriver and special screws
* 12 packages Rayon-Component parts and displays, 1 watt-hour meter, 1 tube rayon thread, 1 set of 6 radio tubes
* 1 toy pistol, 1 pinball game, 1 toy airplane
* 1 Negro doll, 1 toy flying gyro, 1 wrecker
* 1 toy greyhound bus, 1 tractor, 2 dolls (white), 1 1-one Ranger, 1 ambulance
* 1 Donald Duck, 1 set toy tools, 1 toy tank, 1 pacifier, 1 bubble pipe, 1 rattle
* 1 toy equestrian, 18 toy soldiers, 12 toy civilians, 1 toy cannon, 2 muses, 1 anti-aircraft gun, 1 set samples of better ware
* 1 blotter, 1 inkwell (sealed)
* 1 DuPrene sample (artificial rubber)
* 1 sample ILICite (plastic) 1 sample textile (cotton), 1 sample of rayon cloth
* 1 auto-point pencil, 8 Voca-films
* 1 transcription (Roosevelt, 11 parts)
* 1 transcription (King Edward VIII)
* 1 package Masonite (sealed)
* 1 denture (Lipper), 1 box samples of Micarta (sealed), 1 box samples of carpets, 1 crystalite, 10 rings
* 5 Iconoscape television tubes
* Spectacle frames, buckles, 8 auto handles, bottle caps, beads, 22 miscellaneous plastic samples, 9 color samples tennite, 1 sample insulation, 1 distributor head cover, 1 thermometer case
* 1 instrument panel, 7 samples Formica
* 14 samples Formica (set)
* 1 set A-C spark plugs (sealed)
* 1 plastic flute - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+35Think that is a lot, take a look at my garage!
- Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28Great, future civilizations will think we worship Donald Duck.
- Rassa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21I'm glad he did it too. I wasn't here last year and found the article great!
- LiquidPenguin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21This was one of the first Damn Interesting articles I read. It was a pretty good introduction to time capsules.
It's funny how the armchair experts are commenting on how the vault could've been done "better." Not like real experts have been working on the problem for the past 60 years. - mistshadow2k4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19"Great, future civilizations will think we worship Donald Duck."
Or Mickey Mouse, since we've built these veritable cities containing huge shrines to him. - zephc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17* 1 blue crushed-velvet suit.
* 1 frilly lace cravat.
* 1 gold medallion with peace symbol.
* 1 pair of Italian shoes.
* 1 pair of tie-dyed socks, purple.
* 1 vinyl recording album: Tom Jones, Live at Las Vegas.
* 1 Swedish-made penis enlarger pump.
* 1 credit card receipt for Swedish- made penis enlarger pump, signed Austin Powers.
* 1 warranty card for Swedish-made penis enlarger pump, filled out by Austin Powers.
* 1 book: Swedish-Made Penis Enlarger Pumps and Me: This Sort of Thing Is My Bag, Baby, by Austin Powers. - berfmurret, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16well guess what. it ISNT the way you will be represented in 6k years. its the way that people 50 years BEFORE YOU will be represented.
besides.. if you made a time capsule now and filled it with whatever you care to fill it with in 50 more years someone else not unlike yourself will be here to remind us that "blah blah blah.. its all just cheap crap.. wah wah." - Kahnza, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14I bet in 6107 years there are no humans left on earth.
- thegreatsam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13That's pretty ignorant of you, to consider them "antiquated" after 60+ years, when compared to the 6000+ years it's supposed to be buried. What would you have them include, a core 2 duo processor? By some opinions, that will be antiquated next year, let alone the next 60. A car? My bet is that the car will cease to exist as we know it in the next 100 years, let alone 6000.
If you think that 60 years later heralded a "hugh technological boom", compared to what people of 6000 years from now will know, we will be compared to neanderthals, and considered nothing more than cavemen. - zirtbow, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16I wonder if it will make it that long without being opened again.
On a side note:
If he hid a body in there by the time it was found it would be too late to do anything. - MrBabyMan, on 10/12/2007, -5/+16I stand in awe and admiration of your chutzpah, CLIFFosakaJAPAN, not only duping a homepaged article from almost a year ago, but the original was your own submission, as well!
http://digg.com/tech_news/The_First_Modern_Time_Capsule_;_Not_to_be_Opened_for_the_next_6,107_Years - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9What? All this stuff is really going to confuse the people who open it in 6107 years.
- ogre2112, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9He also called it "waterproof" when it's actually hermetically sealed--a much tighter seal.
That's like calling a nuclear bomb shelter "bulletproof". - mistshadow2k4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8But we may not be the last sentient species on Earth, and this way our successors could learn more about us, besides the fact that we were stupid enough to destroy ourselves.
- blapierre, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9@crawfish
All you need to play a record is a needle and a piece of paper. And they included the needles. - VaporBro, on 10/26/2007, -0/+7they really need to shove dick Clark in there.
- breakneckridge, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Only on the moon, or some other off-earth site, could a time capsule lie fallow for 6,000 years.
- hmcook87, on 10/12/2007, -6/+12religiously insensitive comment, not needed here. Do you think that we should tell the good people of the future that 6000 years ago humanity blindly followed a single religion (christianity)? There are nasty parts in the bible as well...
- MrBabyMan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Believe me, it's not a criticism, Every idiotic dupe police should understand that just because THEY'VE seen the article before, not everyone else has. Kudos on the two-fer, Cliff.
- sokz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I stand in awe of people who look up the submission pasts of every user that submits something. Simply incredible!
- bjammin, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10If you had included psychos from *all* religions I wouldn't have dugg you down.
- shosterman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Here is a better picture of the project.
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l194/shosterman/vault13.jpg - molsen311, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Let's open it now!!!!!1
- crawfishsoul, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Maybe I missed it but looks like they forget to include a record player? What are they going to play the phonograph recordings on?
- CLIFFosakaJAPAN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@GuardianDevil
You're wrong. Actually I originally submitted the story 236 days ago and since the story resurfaced as a 'Classic' story, I thought the story cool enough for those who missed it the first time....and sorry for the misspelling of 'Steel' as Seal....wtf was I thinking about? - Kahnza, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4More like we will have exhausted the resources of the earth and have taken to the stars in search of a new home.
- tribble222, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4There's no way the microfilm is going to last more than 1000 years
- RadiatedAnt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5GUILT!?!?! you gotta be kidding me... tell that to the Pharaoh's
- shosterman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Where is the Water Chip?
- ZenMojo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7"In the basement of Phoebe Hearst Hall at Oglethorpe University in Georgia, there is a stainless steel vault door which was welded shut over sixty-five years ago."
That explains it. - sabotank, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3gah....i was reading your comment fast and thought i saw pornographic records........
- milkmage, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4that's why they included METAL copies, just in case (RTFA)
Jacobs and Peters consulted with the U.S. Bureau of Standards for the best means of preserving the microfilm and artifacts for such an enormous span of time, and ultimately they opted to encase the sensitive items in sealed stainless steel receptacles with glass linings. Before they were sealed, all of the air was removed from these containers and replaced with nitrogen to prevent oxidation of the contents. As an added precaution, duplicates of the microfilm were made on metal film. - scott1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"Great, future civilizations will think we worship Donald Duck."
I wonder if the Egyptian gods where actually just charters in a Saturday morning comic(heliograph) script.
This vault needs some long lasting robot guards guarding and it needs to be put in it's on secret bunker that can survive a nuclear war if we want this to survive to 8113(hopefully they won't change the contender...) - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4You know, who's to say we'll be able to read that inscription 6,000 years from now...?
Ever tried to read Old English?!?! That was only 700 years ago. - Yashar, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6If you're into time capsules: http://digg.com/tech_news/The_Nine_Most-Wanted_Time_Capsules_(8_left)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3or a Zune
- sinner0423, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5This isn't the way I'd want to be represented in 6,000 years.
It's old, antiquated stuff, which is right before the huge technological boom of the century. It only exemplifies our fascination with cheap crap, which is what most of this vault contains.
Combs, recordings of birds, and pencils? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@riceree:
Sweet, the whole world will be just like Afghanistan in 6000 years. I'm looking forward to the yodeling and rock-throwing competitions. - tastypastry, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2They should toss an iPod in there for the hell of it.
- miken32, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"The usefulness of such time capsules has long been called into question by archaeologists and historians, because wild optimism was long ago supplanted by skepticism as the fashionable attitude."
So true, so true. I'm paraphrasing that for my new sig! - hausome, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3That's if we live long enough...
- EvilFerret, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4* 2 smoking pipes, 1 bottle Vaseline
WTF...?? :| - halosniper7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3i bet by 2116 it will be opened.
ill go with a nuclear war 2037 - Conwaysb0718, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Thank you for introducing me to damninteresting.com
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I guess that's there for posterity. In 6000 years there probably won't be a recognizable negroid race.
- RandomGuySteve, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2More the "65 years ago" part than the "Georgia" part, although I'd be the first to admit that GA was not the model of equality back in 1941.
- bradmont, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2It took me about half the article to realise it meant Georgia the state in the USA, rather than Georgia, the former Soviet state...
- ZenMojo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Please. If Jennifer Beals, Alicia Keyes, Carol Channing (!!!!), and Lena Horne are black, there will ALWAYS be black people. At least in Louisiana.
(1/64th makes you a Negro and kicks you out of the golf club!) -
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