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(Fox News) Spiffy 1,000-year-old text by Archimedes on display in Maryland. Surprisingly, he uses only 140 Greek characters   (foxnews.com) divider line 18
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TofuTheAlmighty
2011-10-19 01:15:25 PM
160, not 140.
 
Gunny Highway
2011-10-19 01:16:43 PM
Screw that.
 
das
2011-10-19 01:21:24 PM
He was still alive 1,000 years ago???
Old man was old.
 
bhcompy
2011-10-19 02:04:32 PM
I guess the real question is did we learn anything new from this?
 
WelldeadLink [TotalFark]
2011-10-19 02:12:21 PM
τωεετ
 
deadsanta
2011-10-19 02:22:11 PM
Alive in the 10th century? What was Archimedes, a vampire? Text is a copy of a (probably) copy, but still impressive for all that.
 
douchebag/hater
2011-10-19 02:23:54 PM
bhcompy: I guess the real question is did we learn anything new from this?

Dunno.

I saw the NOVA episode on this 5-6 years ago and they said if the text had actually be available and used all these years that technologically civilization would be 100 years further ahead.
 
Kome
2011-10-19 03:10:14 PM
1,000-year-old artifact trifecta in play.
 
neglogon [TotalFark]
2011-10-19 03:40:27 PM
das: He was still alive 1,000 years ago???
Old man was old.

Must be using Teabagger time
 
FooDog
2011-10-19 04:04:21 PM
douchebag/hater: bhcompy: I guess the real question is did we learn anything new from this?

Dunno.

I saw the NOVA episode on this 5-6 years ago and they said if the text had actually be available and used all these years that technologically civilization would be 100 years further ahead.

I don't doubt it given how it took people 1000 years to re-discover concrete.
 
adenosine
2011-10-19 04:15:12 PM
TofuTheAlmighty: 160, not 140.

A tweet is limited to 140 characters. I think subby got confused, mainly because oversized texts on most phones are just broken up and seamlessly delivered to the recipient.
 
bhcompy
2011-10-19 04:19:39 PM
FooDog: douchebag/hater: bhcompy: I guess the real question is did we learn anything new from this?

Dunno.

I saw the NOVA episode on this 5-6 years ago and they said if the text had actually be available and used all these years that technologically civilization would be 100 years further ahead.

I don't doubt it given how it took people 1000 years to re-discover concrete.

Roman concrete is still superior
 
red5ish
2011-10-19 04:26:46 PM
So many words and so little information about content. Thanks Fox News, for nothing.
 
HarpuaMM
2011-10-19 04:48:58 PM
 
Orgasmatron138
2011-10-19 04:49:19 PM
bhcompy: FooDog: douchebag/hater: bhcompy: I guess the real question is did we learn anything new from this?

Dunno.

I saw the NOVA episode on this 5-6 years ago and they said if the text had actually be available and used all these years that technologically civilization would be 100 years further ahead.

I don't doubt it given how it took people 1000 years to re-discover concrete.

Roman concrete is still superior

Given all the Roman structures still standing vs. the modern buildings that are crumbling in my town, I should think so.
 
Orgasmatron138
2011-10-19 04:52:32 PM
FooDog: douchebag/hater: bhcompy: I guess the real question is did we learn anything new from this?

Dunno.

I saw the NOVA episode on this 5-6 years ago and they said if the text had actually be available and used all these years that technologically civilization would be 100 years further ahead.

I don't doubt it given how it took people 1000 years to re-discover concrete.

That's because this d-bag Delta Knight chose to keep Archimedes' discoveries a secret instead of sharing them with the world.

/not obscure
 
HairBolus
2011-10-19 05:27:52 PM
Fox article on book by famous author.

Gives no information on what is in the book.
 
Magorn [TotalFark]
2011-10-19 08:59:52 PM
seen a similar Palmpest of a Ptolemy text at a Vatican Library exhibit at the Library of Congress , except in that case the text that the idiot monk scraped off was believed to have been in Ptolemy's own hand
 
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