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Breakthrough in world's oldest undeciphered writing
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| Monday, October 22, 2012
| Sean Coughlan
Posted on 10/22/2012 8:03:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Kilroy was here?
I bet that draws a lot of blank looks from the current generation.
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posted on
10/23/2012 6:30:40 AM PDT
by
Eye of Unk
(OPSEC)
To: SunkenCiv
“Warning: Anyone who reads this will release Cthulhu”
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posted on
10/23/2012 6:49:42 AM PDT
by
techcor
(I hope Obama succeeds, in being a one term president.)
To: JoeProBono
Wonderful!
I Laughed out loud!
(Ain’t PhotoShop wonderful?” One of these days I’ll have to buy a copy!)
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posted on
10/23/2012 6:53:58 AM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
(Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
10/23/2012 6:59:14 AM PDT
by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: sauron
new update, its still a cook book, but the scanner picked up more words now the title reads “How To Serve Man”
To: BwanaNdege
>Aint PhotoShop wonderful? One of these days Ill have to buy a copy!
Don’t.
It’s far too expensive. I do stuff pretty much just using IrfanView.
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posted on
10/23/2012 7:30:35 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: dfwgator
“A stinkin’ COMMERCIAL??”
To: JoeProBono
Thanks! I’ve just downloaded IrfanView and will give it a try.
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posted on
10/23/2012 12:23:50 PM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
(Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
To: SunkenCiv
"But this is painstaking work. So far Dr Dahl has deciphered 1,200 separate signs, but he says that after more than 10 years study much remains unknown, even such basic words as "cow" or "cattle"..."It is the long-lost To Serve Beef: The Complete Party Guide To Hosting A Beef Bash in Bashan cookbook.
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posted on
10/23/2012 12:25:38 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Love me, love my guns!©)
To: BwanaNdege
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posted on
10/23/2012 3:08:48 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: SunkenCiv
How does seeing them from a 3 d view help decipher them, as they very most likely are meant to be read as 2 d anyway? Someone please enlighten me or at least as seen from the front by the naked eye. They didn’t run around with a special machine to view every possible their script from every possible angle. They just read it.
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posted on
10/24/2012 1:16:59 AM PDT
by
Bellflower
(The LORD is Holy, separated from all sin, perfect, righteous, high and lifted up.)
To: Bellflower
Because they’re worn (because of age), the 3d image helps.
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10/24/2012 6:54:09 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Then there are the oddballs like Finish and Basque.
To: gleeaikin
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posted on
10/25/2012 2:05:32 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(Obama: Brought to you by the letter "O" and the number 16 trillion.)
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