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.)
To: BitWielder1
5 posted on
04/15/2022 2:24:55 PM PDT by
Mr. Lucky
To: BitWielder1
It is an analog computer. It does calculations so it computes.
7 posted on
04/15/2022 2:33:27 PM PDT by
WMarshal
(Neocons and leftists are the same species of vicious rat.)
To: BitWielder1
Personally, I have doubts about it being a clock at all. But, it’s hard to find clear images or diagrams, and the ones I have seen are pretty heavily influenced by the researcher’s assumptions, so it’s hard to say for sure.
And my opinion may be influenced by the number of times archeologists have labeled something as a “religious object” or “used to chart the course of stars” when it was actually a common crafting tool. The drop-spindles that were labelled as “Prayer Sticks” were especially amusing.
I suspect that this mechanism will eventually be identified as being essentially a complex, high-capacity spinning wheel.
8 posted on
04/15/2022 2:38:11 PM PDT by
Ellendra
(A single lie on our side does more damage than a thousand lies on their side.)
To: BitWielder1
“A mechanical clock is not a computer.”
Correct.
To: BitWielder1
Whatever it was, it was a pretty intricate device for 100 BC
11 posted on
04/15/2022 2:42:33 PM PDT by
PapaBear3625
(We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so stupid people won’t be offended)
To: BitWielder1
25 posted on
04/15/2022 9:42:22 PM PDT by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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