How to make yourself immortal...(no joke) - United Bimmer Community

**delmarco** · 12-03-2005, 05:02 PM

In a year's time, every record currently in the UK Top 40 Singles Chart will have dropped out.

In five years' time, most of those artists will have also vanished without trace.

In fifteen years' time, everything you think you know about fashion will be laughably incorrect.

In fifty years' time, any movie star you can name today will be forgotten.

In a hundred years' time, every single piece of technology you own will be obsolete.

In two hundred years' time, prominent world leaders like George W. Bush will be as unfamiliar to students of the day as President Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) is to us.

In a thousand years' time, Shakespeare will be just another piece of ancient history, as relevant as the Iliad.

In ten thousand years' time, everything you see will be gone, everything you know will have changed beyond recognition, and everyone you've ever heard of will have been forgotten for ever.

Except Pythagoras.
And Einstein.
And Archimedes.
And Newton.
And Wiles.
And the Dizzle.

Fine, fine, I generalise, I make sweeping statements, I am melodramatic. But seriously. If you really, and I mean REALLY want to live forever, there is only one way to do it. A mathematical equation stands forever.

The node title is attributed to Pál Erdös.

Yes, there are other ways to immortalise yourself, of which starting a World War or being the Son of God (or both) are but two. But tell me, which one do you have the best shot at? Ah well. We'll see who's right at the end of eternity.

from odd math website:
http://ned.ucam.org/~sdh31/maths/immortality.html

nick_318is · 12-03-2005, 06:00 PM

dude to make your self a legend you have to goto a party and shit on the coats and come out and be like "I think someone shit on the coats" I mean you know you shit on the coats but you have to say think, and then some guy will be like "I hope no one shit on my coat" and people will remember that shit for a long time. They won't know who but they will remember that until they die.

Or you can do this:
To leave a legacy, you can do it daily, you can smash some kids ice cream come in his face and then yell at him to remember you forever. You know when hes 50 hes going to remember it.

Gotta give credit to dane cook for these.

**xsperf** · 12-03-2005, 07:02 PM

delmarco.. WTF?!?!

**Linds** · 12-03-2005, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by nick_318is

dude to make your self a legend you have to goto a party and shit on the coats and come out and be like "I think someone shit on the coats" I mean you know you shit on the coats but you have to say think, and then some guy will be like "I hope no one shit on my coat" and people will remember that shit for a long time. They won't know who but they will remember that until they die.

Or you can do this:
To leave a legacy, you can do it daily, you can smash some kids ice cream come in his face and then yell at him to remember you forever. You know when hes 50 hes going to remember it.

Gotta give credit to dane cook for these.

Ahahaha! I love Dane Cook...

"Every group has a Karen, and she's always a bag of douche!"

**Numark318i** · 12-03-2005, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by nick_318is

dude to make your self a legend you have to goto a party and shit on the coats and come out and be like "I think someone shit on the coats" I mean you know you shit on the coats but you have to say think, and then some guy will be like "I hope no one shit on my coat" and people will remember that shit for a long time. They won't know who but they will remember that until they die.

Or you can do this:
To leave a legacy, you can do it daily, you can smash some kids ice cream come in his face and then yell at him to remember you forever. You know when hes 50 hes going to remember it.

Gotta give credit to dane cook for these.

...are you out of your fucking mind?...you really are out of your fucking mind

**delmarco** · 12-03-2005, 11:29 PM

interesting...
don't understand what just happened....
who is dane cook?

**Spieluhr** · 12-03-2005, 11:33 PM

Be the first to establish time or "warp drive." then you will live forever, literally.

**Linds** · 12-04-2005, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by delmarco

interesting...
don't understand what just happened....
who is dane cook?

http://danecook.com/

**delmarco** · 12-04-2005, 08:27 AM

oh i seen him before....
that superman t-shirt joke is pretty lame...but he seems to have potential...

DEATH2000 · 12-04-2005, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by nick_318is

dude to make your self a legend you have to goto a party and shit on the coats and come out and be like "I think someone shit on the coats" I mean you know you shit on the coats but you have to say think, and then some guy will be like "I hope no one shit on my coat" and people will remember that shit for a long time. They won't know who but they will remember that until they die.

Or you can do this:
To leave a legacy, you can do it daily, you can smash some kids ice cream come in his face and then yell at him to remember you forever. You know when hes 50 hes going to remember it.

Gotta give credit to dane cook for these.

Dane Cook OWNS!!! Nick, i salute u....

**donald1476** · 12-04-2005, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by delmarco

Pythagoras.
Einstein.
Archimedes.
Newton.
Wiles.
Dizzle.

Which of these is least related to the rest ?

**donald1476** · 12-04-2005, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by delmarco

In two hundred years' time, prominent world leaders like George W. Bush will be as unfamiliar to students of the day as President Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) is to us.

Only Taylor served 1 year, and didn't start any wars. And probably formed complete, comprehensable sentences.

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Originally Posted by delmarco

In a thousand years' time, Shakespeare will be just another piece of ancient history, as relevant as the Iliad.

Iliad was a major greek epic poem. Written 8th century BC.
As for shakespeare, his works were from the 17th century which leaves a 2500 year gap between the two. You are also comparing a poem to a play writer. He won't become "irrelevant" because his 36 plays and 154 sonnets all had a huge impact on today's and future literature, as does homer.