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thwarted
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Hiding Nobel prizes in plain sight
Or the Stephenson novel would outline why the idea wouldn't work (some people suggest in comments melting the gold into the frame of a car, which is specifically avoided in Cryptonomicon).
rdl
on March 2, 2011
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vs. using it to plate the hull of a ship?
thwarted
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Heh, I feel like an idiot for forgetting that one. :-)
rdl
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I think you can be forgiven as it comes in around page...3000 of 4000? I'm 50% of the way through the third of three books, so enh.
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