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| 4-3-2008
| Philip Ball
Posted on 04/03/2008 5:16:39 PM PDT by blam
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To: yarddog
"There was a show on the "History Channel" about the antikythera mechanism found off that Island maybe 100 years ago. "Yup. We have had postings on FR about it. It was named from the nearby island where it was found.
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posted on
04/03/2008 7:06:00 PM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; 49th; ...
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posted on
04/03/2008 10:04:59 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_____________________Profile updated Saturday, March 29, 2008)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
04/03/2008 10:08:50 PM PDT
by
DieHard the Hunter
(Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
To: blam
The Astrolabist’s Tale was so bawdy that Chaucer’s publisher ordered it to be stricken from the first edition.
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posted on
04/04/2008 6:16:18 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . Never say never (there'll be a VP you'll like))
To: blam
"The existence of this simple, practical device sheds new light on Chaucer’s treatise: it supports the idea that Chaucer’s work was a piece of popular science writing, understandable to more than just the elite. “It suggests that this kind of knowledge wasn’t too arcane or academic,” says Bennett." *****BREAKING NEWS FLASH*****
**People Born Hundreds of Years Ago Not Necessarily Morons**
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming....
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posted on
04/04/2008 7:05:13 AM PDT
by
Eepsy
(The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.)
To: martin_fierro
ehehe! Somebody has WAY too much time on their hands...
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posted on
04/04/2008 7:09:55 AM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(The average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. - Ratatouille)
To: martin_fierro
That is, hands down, the best derivative AYBABTU ... only the original surpasses it.
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posted on
04/04/2008 7:13:58 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Professional Engineer
Very interesting device. Usually, astrolabes were not as intricate as this one appears to be.
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posted on
04/04/2008 7:35:27 AM PDT
by
AFPhys
((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
To: martin_fierro
Wow, “Cats,” someone spent some time putting together this spoof!
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posted on
04/04/2008 10:06:33 AM PDT
by
colorado tanker
(Number nine, number nine, number nine . . .)
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