[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

How do I add this to the GGG list?

[Brilliant]

So what does it say? "E=mc²?"

[sionnsar]

Geezer Geek ping.

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[gcruse]

This recalls this:

A rocket was launched carrying a camera with black and white film. The exposed film was ejected after the camera took pix upper atmosphere pictures of space.

When the film was developed, it was found that camera had been stopped down too far. The negatives were so underexposed they couldn't be used.

NASA or whoever the agency was, gave the negatives to a scientist in Alabama telling her anything she could do would be better than the zero information they were getting from the film.

What she did was to irradiate the b&w negatives, making the silver that was in the emulsion radioactive. Then she contacted printed the negatives using only the radiation to do the exposing. The images were adequate. Mission accomplished.

[Ben Mugged]

Wonder if I can use this technique to read lotto tickets?

[mtbopfuyn]

The team have until the 7 August this year to scrutinise the palimpsest, before the synchrotron is switched off for maintenance. During that time they hope to scan between 12 and 14 pages, paying particular attention to the areas covered with the forged paintings.

Turning the machine off in the middle of the research is just plain silly but not getting it back until who knows when or if is beyond ridiculous.

[Chad_the_Impaler]

It's all Greek to me.

[R. Scott]

Now I have to update my library.

[2111USMC]

"The public can watch the researchers as they reveal the glowing ancient text during a live webcast at 2300 GMT on 4 August."

Wow... at 12 hours per page, that sounds about as exciting as watching paint dry.

[longshadow]

Archimedean palimpsest ping...

[6SJ7]

...researchers are able to peer through these later additions to read the underlying text.

D r i n k O v a l t i n e

[jamaksin]

Or, ...

We might appreciate that "The Method" pre-dates "calculus" from Newton (and that German guy) by centuries ...

[Professional Engineer]

Three centuries later a monk in Jerusalem called Johannes Myronas recycled the manuscript to create a palimpsest.

Grrr, kill the dead guy.

[avg_freeper]

Archimedes Secret

- Intimate apparel for the sensual nerd that likes to feel pampered.

[A CA Guy]

Redrum?

[SunkenCiv]

I've added it, but won't bump it because it has appeared before. Okay, okay, maybe I will ping it, since it has been a year. Anyway...

about this process and these manuscripts:

Archimedes manuscript yields secrets under X-ray gaze
PhysOrg.com | 20 May 2005 | Staff
Posted on 05/21/2005 7:14:32 AM EDT by PatrickHenry
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1407559/posts

Fresh look at Archimedes' theories
Discovery News | Monday, 6 June 2005 | Rossella Lorenzi
Posted on 06/09/2005 2:21:50 AM EDT by nickcarraway
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1419341/posts

related:

Experts urge race against time to unearth last secrets of Herculaneum's lost library
The Scotsman | Wed 27 Mar 2002 | Tim Cornwell
Posted on 04/03/2002 7:32:14 PM EST by Korth
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/659052/posts

related to Archimedes (a selection):

Archaeologists discover alma mater of Archimedes
The Los Angeles Times | May 9, 2004 | Thomas Maugh II
Posted on 05/10/2004 2:03:56 AM EDT by SteveH
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1132565/posts

Tests of Fabled Archimedes Death Ray Fail
ap on Yahoo | 10/22/05 | RON HARRIS
Posted on 10/23/2005 12:14:50 AM EDT by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1507536/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks, my_pointy_head_is_sharp. You owe me *bigtime* for this ping. ;') This is an update to topics of 2005.

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[SunkenCiv]

an old-style FR topic:

White Male Inventions
Source: Newsmax
Published: 12/15/99 Author: Michael Savage
Posted on 12/15/1999 13:54:32 PST by technochick99
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a38580e182bb4.htm

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[Political Junkie Too]

Some of the text is missing, but what was readable says "...lasts longer than four hours, then see your doctor."

-PJ