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Library at Alexandria Discovered?

Posted by michael on from the overdue-books dept.

dustmote writes "According to the BBC, a Polish-Egyptian team believes they may have discovered the Library at Alexandria, including ancient lecture halls or auditoria, in the Bruchion region of the city. It's said by some that the burning of the library set civilization back as much as a thousand years."

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  1. Good thing.. by rylin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Good thing it set us back 1000 years, otherwise SCO might actually have a case when it comes to "owning unix"

    Proudly pulling random things into context. . .

  2. Oh neato! by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's kind of embarrasingly, really. They knew which building it was in for ages, but it took them years to figure out they just had to smash through the big Roman numeral 10 on the floor.

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    1. Re:Oh neato! by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Funny

      "What, In Soviet Poland they don't watch Indiana Jones movies?"

      They do, but it was translated a little different. The floor kept smacking Indy in the head.

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  3. X by WTFmonkey · · Score: 2, Funny
    X marks the spot!

    Hey, someone had to ruin the joke.

  4. wonder where we be with it. by pvt_medic · · Score: 3, Funny

    Imagine where our societies would be if it was still around...

    I wonder if these same people could come up with a list of things that we could burn that would actually set us ahead.

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    1. Re:wonder where we be with it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
      I'm going to be gerenal here as my SPLUTTERING RAGE is making it hard to type.
      ATI fixed that Rage bug a while ago. Download the new drivers, and your Rage Pro won't ever splutter again.

      God, that was a fucking lame joke.

  5. backups! by orn · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's said by some that the burning of the library set civilization back as much as a thousand years.

    Which just goes to show the importance of doing your back-ups!

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    1. Re:backups! by LesFerg · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually they have backups, only nobody has the software to access them anymore, its in Word-the-Prequel.

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  6. Overheard in ancient Alexandria... by Spoing · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. PHB in toga:
    2. No, Akmed...we can't justify the cost of off-site backups. It's just too expensive!

    Afterwards, PHB got a raise for keeping it "reasonably" under budget. Imagine the loss if both copies were destroyed!!!

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  7. At last! by AtariAmarok · · Score: 2, Funny

    At last! They have found it! I have a few overdue books at the place I've been meaning to return. Not looking forward to the fine, though.

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  8. Address of Alexandria library by rossdee · · Score: 5, Funny

    A quick google found the library in Alexandria

    Douglas County Public Library
    720 Fillmore St
    Alexandria, MN 56308
    (320) 762-3014

    Thats about 50 miles from where I live.

  9. Re:Poland is not soviet any more by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Russia isn't Soviet anymore either, but that won't stop the jokes.

  10. Sshh!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "a Polish Egyptian team believes they may have discovered the Library at Alexandria..." wherein they were promptly shushed by the librarian and fined millions in late fees.