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  1. Re:Genesis 6:3 NIV by donaldm · · Score: 1 · on New Study Suggests There's a Limit To How Long People Can Live (go.com)

    You mean the guy whose only verification is a bunch of people that know him and "totally believe that dude is like... 145 years old"?

    Lots of places have anecdotal reports of really long lifetimes, always dating from before accurate records. Hiking in Yorkshire a couple of years ago, I came across a town whose major point of pride is a claim that one man lived to be 169. But that was way before printed records.

    England has had the Doomsday Book from 1085 which covers all births, marriages and deaths from that time. Yorkshire was an English shire so all information relating to births and deaths could be found going back over 931 years and churches did also keep records. Of course, that won't stop exaggerated claims.

  2. A few more they could go after by Chrisq · · Score: 2, Informative · on Facebook Says It Owns 'Book'

    http://www.theholybook.org/ (I would be very surprised if they did, as it would give the "religion of peace" an opportunity to show their own method of objection again)
    http://flushaholybook.com/
    http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/
    http://www.chooseandbook.nhs.uk/
    http://www.hotelbook.com/
    http://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/
    http://adoptabook.bl.uk/
    http://www.easytobook.com/
    http://www.bid4abook.co.uk/
    http://www.nielsenbook.co.uk/

    That's just a few of them.

  3. That's "Domesday" to you by sdedeo · · Score: 0, Offtopic · on 600 New Species of Fish Discovered

    The Domesday Book was the catalogue of stuff William the Conqueror had got when he took over (what was) England in 1066. The "Doomsday book" linked in the article is, apparently, a popular novel about the Black Death four centuries later.

    So, if it's a Domesday book, when was the Battle of Hastings?

  4. Doomsday book? Try Domesday... by HBI · · Score: 4, Informative · on 600 New Species of Fish Discovered

    The Domesday Book was the complete account of the lands and people of the nation of England undertaken by William the Conqueror in 1085-86. It bears no resemblance to the science fiction novel cited in the link.

  5. Re:[ed. note: no it isn't] by usotsuki · · Score: 3, Informative · on Digital Domesday Defies Doom

    Read your history and learn about the Domesday [sic] Book. It's not a mistake.

    YFI

    -uso.

  6. MIRROR to original website... by AyeRoxor! · · Score: 1 · on Digital Domesday Rescued By Emulation

    It seems that the original site, http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/index.html, is either being slashdotted, or is no longer up.

    A mirror can be found here.

  7. I was 12 by Inda · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Digital Domesday Rescued By Emulation
    My school took part in creating the Digital Domesday book, as most schools did. We did the normal scapebook thing; pictures and stories. Only the best stuff made it in.

    I also remember see the finished version in the Natural History museum (or was it the Science museum?). It had one of those Marble Madness balls on the front for navigating - great fun.

    If they put this online it will make a good read.

    The original is here.

  8. Re:Domesday? by pknoll · · Score: 5, Informative · on Digital Domesday Rescued By Emulation
    From The Domesday Book Online:

    The Domesday book was commissioned in December 1085 by William the Conqueror, who invaded England in 1066. The first draft was completed in August 1086 and contained records for 13,418 settlements in the English counties south of the rivers Ribble and Tees (the border with Scotland at the time).

    The book has nothing to do with the "doomsday" world-ending yadda, it was mainly set up to inform the king of how much tax monies he should have been receiving.

    Find out more.

  9. Re:Domesday? by pknoll · · Score: 5, Informative · on Digital Domesday Rescued By Emulation
    From The Domesday Book Online:

    The Domesday book was commissioned in December 1085 by William the Conqueror, who invaded England in 1066. The first draft was completed in August 1086 and contained records for 13,418 settlements in the English counties south of the rivers Ribble and Tees (the border with Scotland at the time).

    The book has nothing to do with the "doomsday" world-ending yadda, it was mainly set up to inform the king of how much tax monies he should have been receiving.

    Find out more.

  10. Books can't be Slashdotted! by breon.halling · · Score: 2, Funny · on 1086 Domesday Book Outlives 1986 Electronic Rival

    From http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk:

    Unfortunately, due to server difficulties The Domesday Book Online has been unavailable for a short time.

    The original book even outlasted the online version! ;)

  11. Re:What is this book? by hound3000 · · Score: 1 · on 1086 Domesday Book Outlives 1986 Electronic Rival

    You do mean http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/, don't you?

  12. What is this? by UnifiedTechs · · Score: 5, Informative · on 1086 Domesday Book Outlives 1986 Electronic Rival

    If anyone was like me and had know idea what this book is check here:

    www.domesdaybook.co.uk

    Sorry, I posted this once already and typoed the link.