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| 4-3-2008
| Philip Ball
Posted on 04/03/2008 5:16:39 PM PDT by blam
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04/03/2008 5:16:39 PM PDT
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blam
To: blam; sionnsar
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/03/2008 5:20:02 PM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam; SunkenCiv; aculeus; Charles Henrickson; dead; dighton; Ezekiel; Lazamataz; mikrofon; ...
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posted on
04/03/2008 5:22:46 PM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: martin_fierro
To: Professional Engineer; blam; LibreOuMort
Absolutely!
I wonder if replicas are available (with instructions, of course). I've a daughter who'd love same -- not to mention her dad.
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posted on
04/03/2008 5:26:46 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: Hegemony Cricket
To: martin_fierro
Shame on you. That was bad. And very funny!
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posted on
04/03/2008 5:28:34 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
04/03/2008 5:28:58 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(I hope the AG pounds the Mann Act up Spitzer's ass with a sharp stick.)
To: blam
Truly weird. The implication is that it is better to have the taxpayer foot the bill than to have this item in private hands. I get the impression museum people see the public purse as their personal piggy bank.
To: blam
one of the classiest watches I ever saw was called an “astrolabe.”
To: blam
And it runs Yellow Dog Linux!
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posted on
04/03/2008 5:37:57 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Nice job, Hillary. Now go home and get your shine box.)
To: martin_fierro
The Most Clever Post Ever!
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posted on
04/03/2008 5:39:35 PM PDT
by
SunTzuWu
To: sionnsar
Years ago at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry there was a display of a traveling collection of “compendiums”. These were pocket size, or nearly so, combinations of several navigational instruments: compass, sundial, astrolabe, magnifier, even entire maps, made of hinged brass or bronze sections. Fascinating!
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posted on
04/03/2008 5:42:45 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
(;^))
To: Old Sarge
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posted on
04/03/2008 5:51:12 PM PDT
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(Women who behave rarely make history)
To: sionnsar
Don’t know about replicas...I remember picking up a few postcards of one at the Mariner’s museum in Virginia. They may have something in their store.
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posted on
04/03/2008 6:30:14 PM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
04/03/2008 6:48:27 PM PDT
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aculeus
To: blam
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posted on
04/03/2008 6:58:12 PM PDT
by
fishtank
(Fenced BORDERS, English LANGUAGE, Patriotic CULTURE: A good plan.)
To: blam
There was a show on the "History Channel" about the antikythera mechanism found off that Island maybe 100 years ago. It dated to roughly 150 BC and probably originated on the Island of Rhodes.
The mechanism was incredibly complex and accurate. Also beautifully made with many wheels and gears and thousands of inscriptions in a small device you could carry in your hands. Whoever made that was definitely smarter than the average bear.
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posted on
04/03/2008 7:01:32 PM PDT
by
yarddog
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