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Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

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Re: Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

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Post by kortilla »

seph-reed wrote: post #57

I friggin love guerilla art. It always weirds me out how much effort is put into making the world un-artistic. Amazing murals being painted over, shrines being removed from nature, amazing homes made by off-skew people being demolished to put in bland main-stream housing. At least this one lives on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_Ends_Park

Removing fancy litter from what is supposed to be a natural preserve isn’t in the same category as housing. I agree that human occupied areas need art, but encouraging wilderness to be even more littered with human scars is the last thing we need.

Re: Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

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Post by giardini »

ericmay wrote: post #16

Fun art installation, but it should be removed now that it's been found.

I expect the monolith to disappear and periodically reappear at different places, e.g., inside a shopping mall, in SF harbor wild seal rocks, on the White House lawn during Biden's inaugural,etc.

But seriously, they should examine the monolith's RF characteristics, monitor/test the field strength around the thing to determine its size and whether it is wired into something.

Re: Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

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Post by xboxnolifes »

ericmay wrote: post #98
s1artibartfast wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What isn't good to get that kind of treatment. The purpose of the law is to improve the quality of life. Nothing wrong with changing the law to further that goal. Just give the monolith a permit to make it legit.

You didn't know that this thing existed like 2 hours ago and now you want to change the laws in our national parks to allow art installations across our parks? Why even have national parks and try to preserve wilderness? Maybe we can set up a Starbucks next to it and some bathrooms too. It's the famous monolith! Come one come all! > The purpose of the law is to improve the quality of life. I don't see how litter in m…

> You didn't know that this thing existed like 2 hours ago and now you want to change the laws in our national parks to allow art installations across our parks? Why even have national parks and try to preserve wilderness?

On the other hand, you didn't know it existed until 2 hours ago and now you want it removed.

Re: Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

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Post by awinter-py »

gibolt wrote: post #24
teucris wrote: post #9

> "It is illegal to install structures or art without authorisation on federally managed public lands, no matter what planet you're from," the department said.

How would they know the laws of federally managed public lands on other planets?

golden record's whole job

Re: Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

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Post by discreditable »

lultimouomo wrote: post #61
MrSourz wrote: post #41

A reddit user [1] found its location [2] and another figured out it was installed sometime during 2015-2016 based on when the satellite imagery changed. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/k01dc3/mysterious_m... [2] https://goo.gl/maps/2xdrTqcnguX3ky8AA

This guy really is something: > I looked at rock type (Sandstone), color (red and white - no black streaks like found on higher cliffs in Utah), shape (more rounded indicating a more exposed area and erosion), the texture of the canyon floor (flat rock vs sloped indicating higher up in a watershed with infrequent water), and the larger cliff/mesa in the upper background of one of the photos. I took all that and lined…

You may also find 4chan users' tracking of Shia Labeouf's flag interesting.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/d7eddj/4chan-does-first-good...

Re: Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

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Post by kube-system »

thayne wrote: post #46
barbecue_sauce wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

Probably everyone is a criminal, because no one knows what all of the laws are.

Relevant: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp...

Re: Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

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Post by nix0n »

xwdv wrote: post #84

What rare material could a monolith be made from that would almost certainly suggest extraterrestrial origin?

Kamacite might be one of the classics:

"Kamacite is an alloy of iron and nickel, which is found on Earth only in meteorites."[0]

As a bonus, it's shiny grey, which means it could even be what this monolith is made of.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamacite

Re: Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

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Post by qz2 »

mhh__ wrote: post #30
nwsm wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't tell Banksy

Or my personal favourite "artist" Wanksy who draws (if he's still going) penises on potholes because they are then considered obscene and therefore will be fixed by the local council

A friend of mine in Watford had some Wanksy art done in his street and they cleaned off the art and left the pot hole there another year...
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