MetaFilter posts tagged with ark

Grzegorz Jonkajtys / Ark

Combustible Edison Lighthouse — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:48:51 -0800

Grzegorz Jonkajtys's short films include Mantis, Legacy, and the Best of Show winner at Siggraph 2007, Ark. (All movies are QuickTime.) More on the making of Ark here. [via]

And the internets went two by two.

takeyourmedicine — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:30:12 -0800

Let's send a knowledge Ark to the Moon, says a French University. The founders of the group Alliance to Rescue Civilization (ARC) agree: "extending the Internet from the Earth to the moon could help avert a technological dark age following "nuclear war, acts of terrorism, plague, or asteroid collisions." Better than sending 1679 binary digits, into space? The French are no strangers to CETI , inventor Charles Cros petitioned the French Government for years for funding to construct a giant mirror to burn giant lines of communication into the deserts of other planets. [previously]

Solar Ark

Burhanistan — Tue, 01 May 2007 13:28:55 -0800

The Solar Ark - built to symbolize the goal of becoming a "clean energy society".

Moon is Noah's Ark

stbalbach — Wed, 08 Sep 2004 20:16:36 -0800

The Moon should become a DNA Noah's Ark for repopulating the Earth in case of catastrophe, suggests the chief scientist Bernard H. Foing of the ESA's Research and Scientific Support Department. A more earthly frozen ark is already under construction.

machaus — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 19:37:04 -0800

Noah's Ark is being rebuilt, but I don't think it will float. I can't help but think that it would make a wicked skateboard halfpipe. The project broke ground in 1976, but seems to be moving slowly. More info here and here. Any Maryland MeFi'ers know the current status of this thing? more inside:

stbalbach — Tue, 02 Jan 2001 08:27:02 -0800

Location of Ark of Covenant and Holly Grail.. possibly narrowed down .. involves nights of the Templar, inscriptions on columns, NAZI searches and other Indiana Jones (Monty Python?) like adventure.