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1 posted on 04/15/2022 1:47:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


2 posted on 04/15/2022 1:47:51 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: BenLurkin
A mechanical clock is not a computer.

3 posted on 04/15/2022 1:53:13 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: BenLurkin; Daffynition
But, despite the rust, researchers may have finally revealed a possible date it was first set ticking—also known as "Day Zero."

And:

Aristeidis Voulgaris of the Thessaloniki Directorate of Culture and Tourism in Greece now supposes the calibration date was around 23 December 178 BC, backing it up with the fact that a bunch of other culturally important astronomical events happened simultaneously right just then.

"Say you wanna... witness the birth of Christ..."


4 posted on 04/15/2022 2:05:18 PM PDT by Ezekiel ("Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️.)
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To: BenLurkin

Watch some fantastic machining user “clickspring” builds one on youtube. He talks about the math and gearing of it all.


19 posted on 04/15/2022 3:50:07 PM PDT by stickandrudder (Another Bitter-Clinger! God-Family-Tribe - LGBFJB brotherhood)
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To: BenLurkin

Does it have Al Gore’s signature anywhere on it?


21 posted on 04/15/2022 3:59:04 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (When government fears the people, there is liberty.)
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To: BenLurkin

The author has little understanding of what this device actually is.


31 posted on 04/16/2022 1:09:13 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Bob Dylan: "Propaganda, all is phony")
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