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A 2,100-year-old "computer" found in a Roman shipwreck
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Luke@MyNik
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7/31/2008 1:32 AM
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The device is a unique piece of ancient technology
[link to news.bbc.co.uk]
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 383094
7/31/2008 1:34 AM | | Re: A 2,100-year-old "computer" found in a Roman shipwreck | Quote |
why are they calling that a computer? |
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teal
User ID: 453242
7/31/2008 1:38 AM | | Re: A 2,100-year-old "computer" found in a Roman shipwreck | Quote |
why are they calling that a computer? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 383094
it's a mechanical computer |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 418352
7/31/2008 1:38 AM | | Re: A 2,100-year-old "computer" found in a Roman shipwreck | Quote |
It has a keyboard |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 452586
7/31/2008 1:39 AM | | Re: A 2,100-year-old "computer" found in a Roman shipwreck | Quote |
To get people to read the article I think. If they found a compass from 100 years ago, they would call it an ancient GPS device.
Infotainment I think is the term. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 475807
7/31/2008 1:41 AM | | Re: A 2,100-year-old "computer" found in a Roman shipwreck | Quote |
I wonder if it had Windows installed on it?????? |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 418352
7/31/2008 1:42 AM | | Re: A 2,100-year-old "computer" found in a Roman shipwreck | Quote |
The device is a unique piece of ancient technology
[ link to news.bbc.co.uk]
I wonder if it had Windows installed on it??????
No. It was a Mac. |
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Munster 
Have you given blood today?
User ID: 259429
7/31/2008 1:46 AM
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Keep in mind, we were NOT supposed to know about that device.
Just like with the destruction of the Library of Alexandria, I'm supposed to believe that not one single person had a plan to save the most valuable scrolls, artifacts, and inventions stored at this repository in the event of imminent doom. Yeah, right...
We will NEVER know about our ancient past. However, maybe the deep vaults of the Vatican could reveal some semblance of ancient truth. |
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Luke@MyNik
User ID: 472415
7/31/2008 2:06 AM
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Finding any good blood out there 2nite munster? lol
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 418352
7/31/2008 2:07 AM | | Re: A 2,100-year-old "computer" found in a Roman shipwreck | Quote |
Finding any good blood out there 2nite munster? lol Quoting: Luke@MyNik
Just because he's a munster doesn't mean he craves blood you fucking racist. |
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Munster
Have you given blood today?
User ID: 259429
7/31/2008 2:12 AM
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Finding any good blood out there 2nite munster? lol Quoting: Luke@MyNik
A-pos has always been my favorite, but the captain of kangaroo's differed...
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 452430
7/31/2008 2:15 AM | | Re: A 2,100-year-old "computer" found in a Roman shipwreck | Quote |
Finding any good blood out there 2nite munster? lol
Just because he's a munster doesn't mean he craves blood you fucking racist. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 418352
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Luke@MyNik
User ID: 472415
7/31/2008 2:15 AM
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Finding any good blood out there 2nite munster? lol
Just because he's a munster doesn't mean he craves blood you fucking racist. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 418352
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Ooua nli
User ID: 446702
7/31/2008 2:16 AM | | Re: A 2,100-year-old "computer" found in a Roman shipwreck | Quote |
... since its discovery by Greek sponge divers in 1901.
... and what is new today ?
this is not a new surprise |
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Munster
Have you given blood today?
User ID: 259429
7/31/2008 2:23 AM
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... since its discovery by Greek sponge divers in 1901.
... and what is new today ?
this is not a new surprise Quoting: Ooua nli 446702
Actually, the Antikythera mechanism is an enigma according to our beloved "etched in stone" historians.
[link to news.nationalgeographic.com] |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 310466
7/31/2008 2:23 AM | | Re: A 2,100-year-old "computer" found in a Roman shipwreck | Quote |
Finding any good blood out there 2nite munster? lol
A-pos has always been my favorite, but the captain of kangaroo's differed...
:captain K: Quoting: Munster
I always loved the Captain as a kid!
How did he differ in this opinion? |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 310466
7/31/2008 2:24 AM | | Re: A 2,100-year-old "computer" found in a Roman shipwreck | Quote |
Finding any good blood out there 2nite munster? lol
A-pos has always been my favorite, but the captain of kangaroo's differed...
:captain K: Quoting: Munster |
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Irdooomed
User ID: 329170
7/31/2008 2:25 AM | | Re: A 2,100-year-old "computer" found in a Roman shipwreck | Quote |
The device is a unique piece of ancient technology
[ link to news.bbc.co.uk]
I wonder if it had Windows installed on it??????
The ancient Roman houses drew their air and light in through the holes in the atrium and peristylium.
So it was a whole system, loosely based by the now defunct donut operating system.
I'm going to be a nuclear chemist!
What runs around yelling "YOU'RE FUCKING DOOMED", the terrorist that arms the other terrorists with Astrolyte!
I'm going to continue playing with chemicals until you decide it's not a great idea for me to freeze my arse off.
I have a pathological hatred for the denizens of this trailer park. |
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Is It EEvil?
User ID: 460011
7/31/2008 3:08 AM
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The device is a unique piece of ancient technology
[ link to news.bbc.co.uk]
I wonder if it had Windows installed on it??????
The ancient Roman houses drew their air and light in through the holes in the atrium and peristylium.
So it was a whole system, loosely based by the now defunct donut operating system.
That "unique" device looks like a rusty water pump off an old '49 Buick!
[link to news.bbc.co.uk]
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 476448
7/31/2008 3:36 AM | | Re: A 2,100-year-old "computer" found in a Roman shipwreck | Quote |
... since its discovery by Greek sponge divers in 1901.
... and what is new today ?
this is not a new surprise Quoting: Ooua nli 446702
The new thing according to the article is that they have found inscriptions for the Olympic games on one of its dials, indicating that it may have used the Olympics as a time passage mark instead of some astronomical event. That seems to bring up questions that the article is not clear on. (Is it devoid of astronomical reference? Is it only self-referencing?)
Regardless, the Olympic inscriptions are the new thing. |
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Munster
Have you given blood today?
User ID: 259429
7/31/2008 3:42 AM
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... since its discovery by Greek sponge divers in 1901.
... and what is new today ?
this is not a new surprise
The new thing according to the article is that they have found inscriptions for the Olympic games on one of its dials, indicating that it may have used the Olympics as a time passage mark instead of some astronomical event. That seems to bring up questions that the article is not clear on. (Is it devoid of astronomical reference? Is it only self-referencing?)
Regardless, the Olympic inscriptions are the new thing. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 476448
Do you have a link for that info? |
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RememberThis
Zilla
User ID: 476171
7/31/2008 4:21 AM
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Its an anchient stopwatch :)
How safe do you want to be? |
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DrPostman 
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7/31/2008 4:38 AM
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Regardless, the Olympic inscriptions are the new thing.
Do you have a link for that info? Quoting: Munster
Uh, Granpa, the OP's article is titled:
Olympic link to early 'computer'
I've been reading about the device for many years now. The
Olympic bit is from newer research on the artifact.
You really ought to try reading the article posted.
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DrPostman
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7/31/2008 4:41 AM
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why are they calling that a computer? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 383094
Have you never seen the "First" programmable Computer?
[link to www.computerhistory.org]
"Sooner or later all the peoples of the world will have to discover a way to
live together in peace, and thereby transform this pending cosmic elegy into
a creative psalm of brotherhood. If this is to be achieved, man must evolve
for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation.
The foundation of such a method is love."
--Reverend Martin Luther King
Can't PM? Feel free to email me at
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Munster
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7/31/2008 4:43 AM
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Uh, Granpa, the OP's article is titled:
Olympic link to early 'computer'
I've been reading about the device for many years now. The
Olympic bit is from newer research on the artifact.
You really ought to try reading the article posted. Quoting: DrPostman
Sorry for my preconceived notion that we are lied to at every turn. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 114203
7/31/2008 5:11 AM | | Re: A 2,100-year-old "computer" found in a Roman shipwreck | Quote |
pearls to swine |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 466747
7/31/2008 5:21 AM | | Re: A 2,100-year-old "computer" found in a Roman shipwreck | Quote |
Luke the nub is just trying to show off his elementary school reading skills. |
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FAR
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7/31/2008 5:22 AM | | Re: A 2,100-year-old "computer" found in a Roman shipwreck | Quote |
The device is a unique piece of ancient technology
[ link to news.bbc.co.uk]
I wonder if it had Windows installed on it??????
The ancient Roman houses drew their air and light in through the holes in the atrium and peristylium.
So it was a whole system, loosely based by the now defunct donut operating system.
But the Romans stole everything they had. Well they conquered that is. That sounds much like M$.
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delos
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7/31/2008 5:38 AM | | Re: A 2,100-year-old "computer" found in a Roman shipwreck | Quote |
the antikythira device has been studied for millenium,
in 2005 hewlett packard developed a tomograph especially for the antikythira device, bringing to light the intricacies involved in the mechanism along with writing (in Ellenic), giving scientists and researchers alike more pieces to the puzzle.
on the cover of the device the purchaser of it has written its worth, his weight in gold.
it is composed of 39 cogs on 15 separate axis, signifying the lunar months and solar months with a variety of ancient festivals as reference points. the major calender is divided by 253 months, which is the only system to bring the 2 calenders in synch in order to show the ecliptic days (lunar and solar)among other things like the transition of the moon.
the mathematics involved invoke kuipers second law 1900years before it was established??????
get it now, freaks of ignorance |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 476487
7/31/2008 5:46 AM | | Re: A 2,100-year-old "computer" found in a Roman shipwreck | Quote |
without pop ups ? |
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Munster
Have you given blood today?
User ID: 259429
7/31/2008 5:53 AM
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the antikythira device has been studied for millenium,
in 2005 hewlett packard developed a tomograph especially for the antikythira device, bringing to light the intricacies involved in the mechanism along with writing (in Ellenic), giving scientists and researchers alike more pieces to the puzzle.
on the cover of the device the purchaser of it has written its worth, his weight in gold.
it is composed of 39 cogs on 15 separate axis, signifying the lunar months and solar months with a variety of ancient festivals as reference points. the major calender is divided by 253 months, which is the only system to bring the 2 calenders in synch in order to show the ecliptic days (lunar and solar)among other things like the transition of the moon.
the mathematics involved invoke kuipers second law 1900years before it was established??????
get it now, freaks of ignorance Quoting: delos 114203
I would love to state those facts but I stutter... |
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