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Title: 2,000 Year Old Computer Yields Her Secrets (The Ancient Brass Gear Mystery)
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WIRED
URL Source: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2006/11/2000_year_old_c.html
Published: Nov 30, 2006
Author: staff
Post Date: 2006-11-30 08:00:41 by tom007
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Views: 160
Comments: 8
2,000 Year Old Computer Yields Her Secrets Topic: Innovations _42325395_back_gears203250 An Anglo-Greek team of scientists has revealed what they consider the true workings of the Antikythera mechanism, a 2,000 year-old analog computer recovered from a Mediterranean shipwreck over a century ago. The new model, produced following exhaustive research into new fragments discovered in 2005 on the sea bed near Crete, will be described in the next issue of Nature magazine. The answer: it's a "moon computer," as the BBC put it, used to calculate the astronomical cycles of heavenly bodies. This wasn't unexpected, and confirms currently-prevailing beliefs, but as is always the case with Antikythera, not everyone agrees with the findings. Over the years, the calcified, corroded bronze remains hypnotized generations of scientists, who produced a range of hypothetical models in an attempt to decipher the inner workings of the device. Mentioned in the writings of Roman orator Cicero, the Greek computers were already lost to legend by the time of the 9th century's Book of Ingenious Devices. Suffice to say, I want one. A conference dedicated to this divine machine starts Thursday, and while we won't be there, we'll do our best to report any revelations that come out of it: Read on with our continuing coverage of Decoding The Antikythera Mechanism: Science and Technology in Ancient Greece, a conference in Athens that opens Thursday. In search of lost time [Nature] Ancient Moon 'computer' revisited [BBC]
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#1. To: tom007, Tauzero, Critter (#0)
cool technology bump
"The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer." I use one of those to surf the internet. It's a little slow but...
Suffice to say, I want one. A conference dedicated to this divine machine starts Thursday, and while we won't be there, we'll do our best to report any revelations that come out of it
---Henry Kissinger, New York Times, October 28, 1973
#2. To: robin (#1)
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#3. To: robin, tom007, Tauzero, Critter (#1)
This computer came from the Egyptians who got it from the people from the South Pole who survived the flood after the nuclear war described in the Bhagavad Gita and Mahabharata. See the Holographic Universe by Charles Talbot for details.
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#4. To: Critter (#2)
At least the FBI can't track you.
"The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer."
---Henry Kissinger, New York Times, October 28, 1973
#5. To: Horse (#3)
You sound like you've read this guy or Graham Hancock!
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#6. To: robin, Horse, Axenolith, Starwind (#1)
Any sufficiently advanced historical perspective is indistinguishable from superstition.
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#7. To: Horse (#3)
Jesus H. Christ. Hands down whackiest post of the week - bump.
This computer came from the Egyptians who got it from the people from the South Pole who survived the flood after the nuclear war described in the Bhagavad Gita and Mahabharata.
#8. To: SmokinOPs (#7)
The Mahabharata, a 100,000 verse Hindu epic, records nuclear war in ancient India. It was the result of a civil war between the white people of the South Pole and the whites or aryans or India. There are fossilized remains of nuclear war in both India and Egypt. Carbon dating places the war arounf 10,000 BC. The survivors of the flood which occurred when the poles shifted moved from the South Pole region which had been an inhabited area moved to South America and to Egypt where they built pyramids which were astronomical observatories. 156 cultures record a flood in ancient times. Maybe there was one. And maybe the Universe or the Powers That Be have an unwritten rule that global nuclear wars are prevented by pole shifts.
Jesus H. Christ. Hands down whackiest post of the week - bump.
The Truth of 911 Shall Set You Free From The Lie
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