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Examining the Antikythera Mechanism
Mr. Droopy Drawers writes "An ancient piece of clockwork shows the deep roots of modern technology. Found in 1900 off the coast of Antikythera, Greece, a clockwork mechanism was found to be a device for calculating the motion of the earth and planets. In an article in The Economist, Michael Wright, the curator of mechanical engineering at the Science Museum in London, says the device demonstrates mechanical principles that were thought not devised until the 17th century. The article quotes research done by Derek Price. Here's Mr. Price's article from Scientific American. Also found some quicktime movies of the mechanism at The University of Macedonia. Very interesting reading."
Well, sure. The Atlantans needed that clock to coordinate their rendezvous with the Mothership.
The model T used a rather clever planetary transmision. So maybe they weren't that far.
A civilization can be said to be "mechanized" when it builds mechs.
Ancient Greeks in big mechs would have made the Peloponesian War a shitload more interesting.
graspee
I had no idea George Clinton was from Atlanta!
Your mind is squeezed by a blast of pain!
It is missing one very important feature:
The snooze button!
Table-ized A.I.