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17th May '13 3:50:35 PM LahmacunKebab

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* Yucca Mountain Repository is a giant storage facility for nuclear waste. As much of the waste has half-lives long enough to still be pretty dangerous after 10,000 years, a lot of research has been done into the subject of how to do Sealed Evil In A Can correctly. For instance, the stability of the landscape needs to be taken into consideration; in 10,000 years, this part of Nevada might not be a desert. With a higher water table, the waste could leak. Language is also an issue, as languages are dynamically changing (consider the difference between Old Engish and modern English), a sign saying "Warning: horrible death lies within" might simply be [[SchmuckBait inviting disaster]]. (Suppose an archaeologist comes across a big structure of a dead civilization. It looks like a tomb, and it's got "Warning: Horrible curse on all who enter!" written on it, and without understanding what it means, may lead to trouble). The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant project has been, for almost two decades, discussing with anthropologists and psychologists how to make it clear to people who may not even speak anything resembling our language thousands of years in the future that digging in the area will lead to mass amounts of death and suffering. They're well aware that whatever they do is going to be SchmuckBait, and are taking steps to minimise it by making the entire thing instinctively look like somewhere you don't want to be.\\

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* Yucca Mountain Repository is a giant storage facility for nuclear waste. As much of the waste has half-lives long enough to still be pretty dangerous after 10,000 years, a lot of research has been done into the subject of how to do Sealed Evil In A Can correctly. For instance, the stability of the landscape needs to be taken into consideration; in 10,000 years, this part of Nevada might not be a desert. With a higher water table, the waste could leak. Language is also an issue, as languages are dynamically changing (consider the difference between Old English and modern English), a sign saying "Warning: horrible death lies within" might simply be [[SchmuckBait inviting disaster]]. (Suppose an archaeologist comes across a big structure of a dead civilization. It looks like a tomb, and it's got "Warning: Horrible curse on all who enter!" written on it, and without understanding what it means, may lead to trouble). The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant project has been, for almost two decades, discussing with anthropologists and psychologists how to make it clear to people who may not even speak anything resembling our language thousands of years in the future that digging in the area will lead to mass amounts of death and suffering. They're well aware that whatever they do is going to be SchmuckBait, and are taking steps to minimise it by making the entire thing instinctively look like somewhere you don't want to be.\\

16th May '13 5:34:35 PM ZimsMostLoyalServant

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7th May '13 6:26:14 AM ZimsMostLoyalServant

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7th May '13 6:25:16 AM ZimsMostLoyalServant

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