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		Wood carver cracks ancient Royal code, all without any help from Dan Brown (entertainment.timesonline.co.uk)		90
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OlafTheBent		2009-08-27 08:56:29 AM

So that song wasn't an earworm... it was a bedbug.

/Wow... that sucked.

NikolaiFarkoff		2009-08-27 09:34:13 AM

"How dark the wood of Man"

"One ticket to Douglas, please!"

Tresser		2009-08-27 09:41:27 AM

mildly interesting read.

notmtwain		2009-08-27 09:51:01 AM

Better article with good pictures here:

Secret code etched in Stirling Castle revealed to be oldest written music in Scotand

i.dailymail.co.uk

The picture is almost detailed enough to see what they are talking about. There are three rings of carvings around the figure. I can't see it in the inner ring. Could they be talking about the middle ring?

DslainteC		2009-08-27 10:00:50 AM

Let me get this straight. They hire a guy to make a replica of a carving that would have been seen when the nobility of Scotland gathered in that room, and the carving contains some musical notation?

Isn't this just another example of how people are making copies of music from a peer-to-peer network.

mmagdalene		2009-08-27 11:07:55 AM

NikolaiFarkoff: "How dark the wood of Man"

Nice. :)

ipsofacto		2009-08-27 11:10:13 AM

Actually sounds pretty cool.

Link (new window)

MayoBoy		2009-08-27 11:11:52 AM

notmtwain: Better article with good pictures here:

Secret code etched in Stirling Castle revealed to be oldest written music in Scotand

The picture is almost detailed enough to see what they are talking about. There are three rings of carvings around the figure. I can't see it in the inner ring. Could they be talking about the middle ring?

It's the ring with the 1s and 0s

offacue		2009-08-27 11:12:45 AM

See the carpet of the sun.

rodeofrog		2009-08-27 11:14:28 AM

MayoBoy: It's the ring with the 1s and 0s

Scotland was ruled by robots?

mypalmike		2009-08-27 11:17:46 AM

Mr Donaldson had identified a sequence which featured the Roman numerals 0, I and II, in what seemed like a binary code.

I actually can't stop laughing at this sentence.

tortilla burger		2009-08-27 11:17:49 AM

Must be a pretty boring song if it's only got two notes ;)

Psumek		2009-08-27 11:19:40 AM

rodeofrog: MayoBoy: It's the ring with the 1s and 0s

Scotland was ruled by robots?

Robots controlled by Jews. Never forget.

SpaceLord		2009-08-27 11:20:29 AM

So, when he realized what he'd discovered, did he physically reel? Was his worldview turned on its head? Cause that's how Dan Brown always describes it.

Psumek		2009-08-27 11:20:30 AM

mypalmike: Mr Donaldson had identified a sequence which featured the Roman numerals 0, I and II, in what seemed like a binary code.

I actually can't stop laughing at this sentence.

yeah I don't think he knows what the term "binary" means

/journalist either

airsupport		2009-08-27 11:21:04 AM

tortilla burger: Must be a pretty boring song if it's only got two notes ;)

"Road to Nowhere" by the Talking Heads

/now we know where he swiped THAT one from

rodeofrog		2009-08-27 11:21:43 AM

Psumek: rodeofrog: MayoBoy: It's the ring with the 1s and 0s

Scotland was ruled by robots?

Robots controlled by Jews. Never forget.

Everything on Fark comes back to Star Wars.

SherKhan		2009-08-27 11:22:06 AM

guvnor		2009-08-27 11:23:34 AM

rodeofrog: MayoBoy: It's the ring with the 1s and 0s

Scotland was ruled by robots?

Binary solo!!!!

DirkValentine		2009-08-27 11:23:51 AM

so it was written binary?

would like more better explanation, please.

Shakespeare's Monkey		2009-08-27 11:24:05 AM

It's got a good beat, and you can dance to it.

/I'd give it a 5

rdu_voyager		2009-08-27 11:24:14 AM

It seems the notation is a guide rather than exact notes. The musician would improvise based on the guide, so there's no telling what the actual music would sound like.

gorgor		2009-08-27 11:25:02 AM

Sound Check
http://tinyurl.com/nqmk6a
(copy and paste, NSFW)

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude		2009-08-27 11:25:06 AM

mypalmike: Mr Donaldson had identified a sequence which featured the Roman numerals 0, I and II, in what seemed like a binary code.

I actually can't stop laughing at this sentence.

Stuff like that is why major news publications have lost all credibility when reporting anything remotely related to science.

skepticalteacher.files.wordpress.com

sern		2009-08-27 11:25:11 AM

Would like to hear it

Can't believe after all these years I fell for the Rick'rolled, i am ashamed...

airsupport
Road to nowhere is a great song, more than two note when you listen to the melody, perhaps you mean chords?

fappomatic		2009-08-27 11:25:27 AM

A song, you say? More like a fair kip!

www.pythonline.com

/hot like ...well there's nothing warm in Scotland, is there?

Modified Cornstarch		2009-08-27 11:31:00 AM

and a clip of what it sounds like would be too much to ask about an article on a long lost song.

it's like:
"Long Lost Painting Revealed! Except to those reading this article - Fark you all"

rodeofrog		2009-08-27 11:35:10 AM

Modified Cornstarch: and a clip of what it sounds like would be too much to ask about an article on a long lost song.

it's like:
"Long Lost Painting Revealed! Except to those reading this article - Fark you all"

It's the Irish Spring commercial.

Perducci		2009-08-27 11:35:16 AM

" 'I am the walrus'? Huh? What the hell is that supposed to mean? We must've screwed up the code somewhere."

greentea1985		2009-08-27 11:38:31 AM

LrdPhoenix		2009-08-27 11:39:38 AM

mypalmike: Mr Donaldson had identified a sequence which featured the Roman numerals 0, I and II, in what seemed like a binary code.

I actually can't stop laughing at this sentence.

Given the frequency of the IIs in that picture, it appears they function more as a line stop/start.

Maechyll		2009-08-27 11:39:40 AM

I fell for the RR too. Bastige!

/Would REALLY like to hear this thing.

Shirley Ujest		2009-08-27 11:41:34 AM

The woodworking is quite extraordinary.

I have no idea what this binary stuff they are jabbering about is about, but I am sure Farkers will unite in their nerdrage.

Beavis d'Milo		2009-08-27 11:43:10 AM

LrdPhoenix: mypalmike: Mr Donaldson had identified a sequence which featured the Roman numerals 0, I and II, in what seemed like a binary code.

I actually can't stop laughing at this sentence.

This. Please try harder next Times

bobsuncle		2009-08-27 11:46:34 AM

IT'S IT'S IT'S Freebird

Sandor at the Zoo		2009-08-27 11:46:35 AM

subby: Wood carver cracks ancient Royal code

Flenser and Lord Steel reportedly concerned by this development.

benwa		2009-08-27 11:47:39 AM

mypalmike: Mr Donaldson had identified a sequence which featured the Roman numerals 0, I and II, in what seemed like a binary code.

I actually can't stop laughing at this sentence.

Yep. The only amusing part of the article. Binary.

Is there even a roman numeral for 0? I'm not smart enough to know that. But I'm smart enough to know what binary is

rodeofrog		2009-08-27 11:49:37 AM

benwa: Is there even a roman numeral for 0?

I don't think there's a Rocky prequel. So this question may never be answered.

Ricey		2009-08-27 11:50:39 AM

rodeofrog: benwa: Is there even a roman numeral for 0?

I don't think there's a Rocky prequel. So this question may never be answered.

No, Romans didnt use the 0 symbol, I dont think they even had a symbol for zero

FerroMancer		2009-08-27 11:52:36 AM

The first step is to verify the medium.

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benwa		2009-08-27 11:53:57 AM

Ricey: rodeofrog: benwa: Is there even a roman numeral for 0?

I don't think there's a Rocky prequel. So this question may never be answered.

No, Romans didnt use the 0 symbol, I dont think they even had a symbol for zero

Did we just discover an idiot double play? Waiting for the hat trick.

shipofthesun		2009-08-27 11:57:21 AM

bobsuncle: IT'S IT'S IT'S Freebird

I'm afraid not. (new window)

Crudbucket		2009-08-27 11:57:27 AM

benwa: Ricey: rodeofrog: benwa: Is there even a roman numeral for 0?

I don't think there's a Rocky prequel. So this question may never be answered.

No, Romans didnt use the 0 symbol, I dont think they even had a symbol for zero

Did we just discover an idiot double play? Waiting for the hat trick.

I'm waiting for the Rocky prequel to come out.

/I hope he fights a young Ivan Drago.

Psumek		2009-08-27 11:58:20 AM

Ricey: rodeofrog: benwa: Is there even a roman numeral for 0?

I don't think there's a Rocky prequel. So this question may never be answered.

No, Romans didnt use the 0 symbol, I dont think they even had a symbol for zero

Yer correct. 0 is an Arabic construct that was ruled "blasphemous" by the Pope since nothing can't exist when God exists.

/you can also thank 0 for Algebra and modern math
//the more you know!

PYROY		2009-08-27 12:02:06 PM

I wish my school had offered harp lessons. There just aren't enough harps in today's music.

rodeofrog		2009-08-27 12:02:07 PM

Crudbucket: I'm waiting for the Rocky prequel to come out.

/I hope he fights a young Ivan Drago.

I see him fighting an Irishman in a gangster film. Rocky can be the champion for the Italians in Philly who manage to control everything and they quell an Irish uprising, in part, because of Rocky's grit in the ring.

phlegmmo		2009-08-27 12:05:46 PM

OscarTamerz		2009-08-27 12:06:49 PM

What in good gravy is that?

shipofthesun		2009-08-27 12:07:02 PM

rodeofrog: I see him fighting an Irishman in a gangster film. Rocky can be the champion for the Italians in Philly who manage to control everything and they quell an Irish uprising, in part, because of Rocky's grit in the ring.

I see this happening in the gritty streets of the 1890's Philly. ANd I see outrageously goofy hats.

Psumek		2009-08-27 12:10:16 PM

rodeofrog: Crudbucket: I'm waiting for the Rocky prequel to come out.

/I hope he fights a young Ivan Drago.

I see him fighting an Irishman in a gangster film. Rocky can be the champion for the Italians in Philly who manage to control everything and they quell an Irish uprising, in part, because of Rocky's grit in the ring.

Approves!

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