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Computers to translate world's 'lost' languages after program deciphers ancient text
www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | 7/20/2010 | Niall Firth

Posted on 07/21/2010 12:27:41 PM PDT by Red Badger

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21 posted on 07/21/2010 12:47:25 PM PDT by pabianice
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To: freekitty

Name it and claim it.
Blab it and grab it.


22 posted on 07/21/2010 12:48:54 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Da Coyote

From cave wall..

“Here I sit broken hearted, found this corner and only farted.”


23 posted on 07/21/2010 12:52:32 PM PDT by IamConservative (You older gentleman ever sit on your testicles? WOW, that hurts!!)
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To: IamConservative

“Good night. I expect more respect tomorrow.”


24 posted on 07/21/2010 12:54:21 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Da Coyote
My cleverly coded translation algorithm provided the following snippet from the pic: Tried of working the fields uncomfortable? Are you irritable? Is your donkey more regular than you? Then try NEW CONSTIPATION B GONE!
25 posted on 07/21/2010 12:57:09 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper (Fix bayonets!)
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To: Henchster

“Etruscan - Repeated attempts to decipher this language have led little further than the numbers one to six.”

“I hope the computer is working on this one now. Tons of great history that hasn’t been “read” in almost 2,000 years. Emperor Claudius (Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus) was the last known person to be able to read it, and he died in 54 AD”

I’m with you. Wonder how Claudius learned it? Wonder if there are any of the scrolls he learned it from still about?


26 posted on 07/21/2010 12:59:58 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Red Badger

Just as I thought, we’re screwed!


27 posted on 07/21/2010 1:16:52 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Beowulf9
I’m with you. Wonder how Claudius learned it? Wonder if there are any of the scrolls he learned it from still about?

Claudius was, from an early age, an avid scholar who actually taught it to himself, in other words, deciphered the code that no one since has been able to.

As for the scrolls, I sure hope at least some of the ones he read from have been saved, they contain a treasure trove of early government workings that Claudius used to his advantage when he became emperor.

28 posted on 07/21/2010 1:22:32 PM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: tet68

As long as they don’t discover a prophecy that says the world will end in 2012...............


29 posted on 07/21/2010 1:32:56 PM PDT by Red Badger (No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him on speed dial...............)
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To: Da Coyote

A man walks into a bar.

Why the long face?


30 posted on 07/21/2010 1:37:19 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Liberals are educated above their level of intelligence.. Thanks Sr. Angelica)
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bump


31 posted on 07/21/2010 2:57:07 PM PDT by dangerdoc
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32 posted on 07/21/2010 3:35:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: Da Coyote

My only point of contention as a layman, why use only Biblical Hebrew, when Biblical Aramaic and Punic Phoenician are known languages of the same language group that have the same base language, the Akkadia language.


33 posted on 07/21/2010 3:50:16 PM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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To: SunkenCiv

I hope the translation software is more accurate than Babelfish.


34 posted on 07/21/2010 4:07:30 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: TexasRepublic

:’)


35 posted on 07/21/2010 4:53:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: nhoward14

“klaatu barada nikto”

“Mr. Carpenter” alias klaatu: If anything happens to me, go to Gort and tell him
“klaatu barada nikto”

Helen: Will he come to your aid?

Klaatu: No. I’ve given him permission to hump the earth girl.


36 posted on 07/21/2010 5:11:24 PM PDT by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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But she points out the decipherment of Ugaritic took years and relied on some happy coincidences — such as the discovery of an axe that had the word “axe” written on it in Ugaritic.

Science and the Happy Coincidences. Sounds like a video from an adult bookstore.

37 posted on 07/21/2010 5:56:11 PM PDT by FourPeas (God Save America)
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To: Da Coyote; SunkenCiv
They need a universal translator.


38 posted on 07/21/2010 5:59:50 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker; Red Badger
Daniel Jackson...

YOU'RE FIRED!


39 posted on 07/21/2010 6:21:10 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: colorado tanker

Words don't always solve problems. Sometimes you just have to punch an alien in the face.

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40 posted on 07/21/2010 6:43:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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