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The amount of data on one's headstone, because it's
literally written in stone, is necessarily tiny. "DOB",
"DOD",
"Beloved Spouse of..." and not much else.
I propose carving in a QR Code onto each headstone
where
a multimedia presentation could have all of that info,
plus
the Obituary
customarily found in the newspaper with
actual pre-recorded video of the Departed recounting
their
Highs and Lows in their life and telling their relatives
which ones were secretly hated and so on.
Simply prepay before death for up to 100 years archiving.
Steep Discounts available if you include an exhortation
for your
bereaved visitors to have a cool, frosty beer at the
nearby
tavern then get their wheels aligned at the friendly
DriveRight Wheel Alignment Centre on the way home.
It would provide much more entertainment value for
casual
graveyard visitors than taking charcoal rubbings.
Better than stone heads?
https://www.cbsnews...frozen-head-abused/
hooked-on-cryonics [4and20, Sep 03 2021]
Graveyard Orbit for People
Graveyard_20orbit_20for_20people
The source of my misreading to give me the idea [AusCan531, Sep 03 2021]
[link]
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Excellent, simple, and stole my business concept, which has been in highly dubious development for years. |
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On the other hand, you'd be surprised at how little effort many relatives will make to preserve someone's memory. Celebrities, published authors, people who ran for president -- all people with name value, and their families won't even pay to keep their basic web page active. |
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A QR code is far too impermanent. I propose a robust chip to be physically placed in the center of the headstone capable of returning information via radio wave to any inquiring device. |
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A QR code necessitates an external database of some sort.
Better to contain all the data on the headstone. NFC (as per
[Voice], above) could work, but something easier to "decode"
(ie. not encrypted at all...) like an embedded diamond
microfiche of words & images only needs a microscope to view. |
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//their families won't even pay to keep their basic web page
active// |
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That's why it's something to be arranged by the soon-to-be-
deceased before their own death. The cost can come out of
their estate so it's no skin off of their decaying nose. |
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Thank you [a1], it's not surprising that it has already been put
out there. |
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//not encrypted at all// No need to decrypt. Did you mean unencode? |
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I read this as "Graveyard Orbit for People" i.e. placing
bodies into deep orbit, and my comment is that cryonic
freezing (which I am signed up for) is a factor of 50
cheaper than launch to deep orbit. |
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On second reading, I think this is an excellent idea, and I
would suggest a further improvement of adding in
addition to the multimedia message a file repository, for
the departed to share files which they consider
interesting. My life-style includes arguing about
controversial ideas on the Internet, so I have a collection
of interesting files. I have not made any powerful
enemies as far as I know, but just in case, I would like this
headstone QR code to allow people to download and
peruse my collection of deeply problematic content,
should they so desire. |
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Maybe even put the QR codes on the wheels and on the
beers too. |
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Since I already brought up treatment after death, I'll take a crack at cryonic freezing [link]. |
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Hi [sninctown]. The idea "Graveyard Orbit for People" was
posted recently (Link) and it was my misreading that gave
me this idea. |
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hello! yes. so i see, now. good. < returning to mental deep
orbit > |
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It's a pretty story, but I don't really get what it's saying. |
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How would the ability to clarify your last words make death mundane? |
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