Vatican/HP To Put Library Online

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Vatican/HP To Put Library Online

Posted by Hemos on Wednesday October 30, 2002 @08:07AM from the getting-the-real-deal dept.

darkuncle writes "I first read it in the LA Times print edition this morning, but the story is also available on several websites via news.google.com. Apparently the Vatican has enlisted Hewlett-Packard in an effort to put the contents of the Vatican Library online, including many rare Bible texts and previously unavailable manuscripts, including handwritten notes by the likes of Martin Luther and Michelangelo."

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Good! by CySurflex · 2002-10-30 08:09 · Score: 4, Funny

We can finally see if Samuel Jackson was actually quoting the bible in Pulp Fiction, or if he was just making shit up...
1. Re:Good! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-30 08:43 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Oh yeah?
  
  "When thou takest thine manhood into thy hand for the purpose of spilling thine own seed upon the ground thou committeth adultery in thy heart and in thy hand. Yea, for each spilling of your seed, I will smite a kitten even as kittens are upon the face of the earth. Hear Me oh Israel, I Am The Lord Thy God."
  Philistines 5:12-14
2. Re:Good! by Twirlip+of+the+Mists · 2002-10-30 08:59 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I don't know the quote in question
  
  "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity and good will shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."
  
  Blam blam blam blam blam blam blam blam blam!
  
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Is it a Sin... by Rayonic · 2002-10-30 08:09 · Score: 5, Funny

...to Slashdot the Vatican? I guess we just might find out!

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1. Re:Is it a Sin... by foistboinder · 2002-10-30 08:21 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Try it:
  Vatican: the Holy See
  See you in hell?
  
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Library Mergers by screenbert · 2002-10-30 08:10 · Score: 1, Funny

Just give it a week and Carly Fiorina(HP CEO) will have a plan to merge the catican library with the library of congress. Of course they'll have to lay 15,000 of the cardinals and it will cost 20 times as much...

Step One: Merger Libraries
Step Two: ???
Step Three: PROFIT!!!!
Unfortunately... by Black+Parrot · 2002-10-30 08:14 · Score: 4, Funny

Unfortunately the DMCA forbids them from putting any of Leonardo's work on the Web, since he used a simple encryptation system and didn't write them an access license.

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Hmmmm by schnitzi · 2002-10-30 08:16 · Score: 5, Funny

There's a "Holy See Plus Plus" joke here somewhere.

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I object to that article, and to the next reply.
1. Re:Hmmmm by codeonezero · 2002-10-30 08:28 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I prefer Objective Holy See ;)
  
  Hmm...I guess that might have a double entendre
  
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Re:Copyright issues? by mill · 2002-10-30 08:19 · Score: 2, Funny

Copyright on work that are hundreds and even thousands of years old? Mickey isn't old enough to allow for such protection.
newly excavated: Martin Luthers "to-do" list by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-30 08:19 · Score: 5, Funny

1. Nail decree on church door
2. ???
3. Prophet!!!
Just like George Lucas... by dr_dank · 2002-10-30 08:21 · Score: 4, Funny

For instance, only one page from the rare "B" version of the "Codex Vaticanus" Bible is available online.

Coming soon: The Holy Bible - Special Edition

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Re:Why HP? by nomadic · 2002-10-30 08:29 · Score: 3, Funny

No basis to criticize, the Doctrine of Papal Infallibility mandates that HP is divinely suited to do this job.
Re:Erotic Art by dr_dank · 2002-10-30 08:30 · Score: 4, Funny

Nope. This handwritten note from Michaelangelo is as close as it gets:

Note to self: put big schlong on new statue.

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Re:Erotic Art by crotherm · 2002-10-30 08:45 · Score: 4, Funny

LOL.. this reminds me of my trip to Rome and the Vaticam museum. there was this one Roman era statue that has some nude guy holding a bowl of fruit in front of his groin. What strunk me as odd was the this really goofy smile on his face. Upon closer inspection, the large fruit in the front of the bowl was the tip of his dick. Looking underneath the bowl shows his shaft going into the fruit. Needless to say we all laughed our asses off.

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Re:Will it include all the rare items? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-30 09:07 · Score: 1, Funny

Well, they're putting the notes of Martin Luther online.

Will they put all his 95 thesis on their web portal?
Re:Actually, wait... "Rare Bible Texts"? by Twirlip+of+the+Mists · 2002-10-30 09:28 · Score: 3, Funny

The Bible is the most interpreted/misinterpred book ever written.

Oh, I don't know. Nobody seems to understand The Sound and the Fury either...

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be careful HP programmers. by commodoresloat · 2002-10-30 09:37 · Score: 5, Funny

Don't use python, and don't work on an Apple, and everything will be fine.
Re:Will it include all the rare items? by M.C.+Hampster · 2002-10-30 09:41 · Score: 2, Funny

I'm wondering if we'll see some writing like the following that was mysteriously discovered by the church:

November 1st, 1517: Man, I was so drunk yesterday, I don't know what I was thinking.

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Excellent news! by fudgefactor7 · 2002-10-30 10:13 · Score: 2, Funny

Now, perhaps, I'll find the reason that the Gospel of St. Thomas was kept out of the New Testament. Which is interesting considering that the experts think it's the oldest, and most accurate, version....
Banner ads? by gouldtj · 2002-10-30 10:41 · Score: 3, Funny

Can you imagine the banner ads on this one?
If the banner above is flashing you might go to heaven?
Priests, click here instead of abusing the children in your church. Look, but don't touch.
Okay, that was bad, I'm going to hell...