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2000 year old computer
In short, Antikythera's user interface is deceptively simple, operated by a hand crank and requiring only minor adjustments from its operator. This conceals the intricacy within, amounting to a complex mathematical model, tracking the movements of planetary bodies and incorporating a series of sub-machanisms to account for the eccentricities of their rotation.
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2006/1...thera_con.html |
Those ancient Greeks were clever bastards.
People easily forget that for that men (and women) 5,000 years ago were just as intelligent as we are today - they just had less in the way of tools to benefit from. |
My balls itched so I scratched them.
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which harddisk included ?
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smart ppl indeed
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if only christians once were not burning down all greek & roman books and destroying all their achievements ...
I'm scared to think of progress people could make by 2007 |
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