Skip to comments.
Ancient calculator was 1,000 yrs ahead of its time
Reuters ^
| 11/28/06
| Reuters
Posted on 11/29/2006 11:17:09 AM PST by freedom44
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-73 next last
1
posted on
11/29/2006 11:17:12 AM PST
by
freedom44
To: SunkenCiv
2
posted on
11/29/2006 11:17:40 AM PST
by
freedom44
To: freedom44
3
posted on
11/29/2006 11:17:44 AM PST
by
tje
To: blam
4
posted on
11/29/2006 11:18:11 AM PST
by
r9etb
To: freedom44
5
posted on
11/29/2006 11:18:47 AM PST
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. Rozerem commercials give me nightmares)
To: freedom44
6
posted on
11/29/2006 11:19:05 AM PST
by
Constitution Day
("Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." — Aldous Huxley)
To: tje
7
posted on
11/29/2006 11:19:56 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(I last updated my profile on Thursday, November 16, 2006 https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: freedom44
I want a replica!
actually the ancients had an advanced concept of water power and mechanics that awould surprise most people today.
the roman coleseum had a water powered organ, for example.
8
posted on
11/29/2006 11:20:11 AM PST
by
camle
(keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you)
To: freedom44
Reuters is about a year or more late on this story, History Channel covered this a while back.
It also went into the water clocks and other mechanical devices.
Actually the water clock in that special is mostly intact, in athens, near the acropolis.
It is actually quite stagering how much knowlege was delayed due to the dark ages. Imagine where we would be if we did not lose those 1000 years or so.
9
posted on
11/29/2006 11:23:20 AM PST
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: freedom44; blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; ...
Thanks freedom44. No ping, because there have been a bunch of Antikythera articles, including one from 2003 which mentions the computing angle.
To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. Thanks. Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on or off the
"Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list or GGG weekly digest
-- Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)
10
posted on
11/29/2006 11:24:36 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(I last updated my profile on Thursday, November 16, 2006 https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: longtermmemmory
textbooks refer to babbage's differential machine, or even the eniac as the world's first computer. When I beg to differ, I cite the Antekythera (or however ya spell ti) mechanism. opens a few eyes as to just how smart we really can be.
11
posted on
11/29/2006 11:25:08 AM PST
by
camle
(keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you)
To: freedom44
I remember seeing this on an episode of the History Channel about a year ago.
12
posted on
11/29/2006 11:26:34 AM PST
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: longtermmemmory
Reuters is about a year or more late on this story, History Channel covered this a while back.
This is actually brand new work; they wheeled in a sophisticated portable X-Ray machine and discovered new engravings and stuff. If I recall correctly, it's going to be formally publicized in a conference on Nov 30th or Dec 1st; this is just the hype leading up to the announcement.
To: freedom44
In other words, 'twas the Greeks, not the Arabs, who really invented the astrolabe.
14
posted on
11/29/2006 11:27:20 AM PST
by
Vicomte13
(Aure entuluva.)
To: lilylangtree
be gentle, Reuters is usually slow on the uptake.
(I think their reporters are "special" so be nice.)
15
posted on
11/29/2006 11:28:01 AM PST
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
Okay, maybe I will ping it. ;') [blush]
16
posted on
11/29/2006 11:28:06 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(I last updated my profile on Thursday, November 16, 2006 https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: camle
They also had automatic doors operated by hydraulics and water clocks and other clocks. I saw the recovered calculator (in a museum) but no one could tell what it was until the x-rays were developed that could distinguish the different gears inside.
There was a lot of development that was lost when the barbarians took over and Europe fell into the dark ages. Like flush toilets and showers and bathing facilities and concrete and building with iron reinforced concrete.
17
posted on
11/29/2006 11:28:46 AM PST
by
YOUGOTIT
To: freedom44
It probably used that old fashioned red LED display. And I'll be the memory was severely limited.
18
posted on
11/29/2006 11:28:48 AM PST
by
RobRoy
(Islam is a greater threat to the world today than Naziism was in 1937.)
To: freedom44; dighton; martin_fierro; Echo Talon
Some of the geeks at slashdot actually have Linux running on this thing.
19
posted on
11/29/2006 11:29:03 AM PST
by
Petronski
(BRABANTIO: Thou art a villain. IAGO: You are--a senator. ---Othello I.i.)
To: freedom44
It also had a Lotto number generator, Tip calculator, and could played MP3's if you got the 2 GB expansion mikroSDRam
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-73 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson