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Ancient Greek Computer Reconstructed

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the old-made-new-again dept.

afaik_ianal writes "A working reconstruction of an ancient Greek computer, the Antikythera mechanism, which was found at the bottom of the ocean in 1900 has been unveiled and is on display at the Technopolis museum, in Athens. The device is believed to have been used to calculate the positions of various celestial bodies including the sun and the moon on any given date. While some guesswork was required in the reconstruction, the bulk of the design is based on updated X-ray photographs of the device."

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  1. listen by shoelessone · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    you guys dont know shit about computers. I go to colege. Do you guys know what colege even is?

    here is what I do: attend a very prestigous school, where there is a shit ton of smart fuckers. A-Z-Ns. Do you guys even know what those are? Because I once slept with one. Ok, yes, she was a little drunk. Ok, maybe I shouldn't have. But the point remains: I know a lot about computers. Whats more, i'm greek. So I know a TON about greeks+computers. Gyros. Do you guys even know what those are? Let me tell you, they are really incredibly good. Lamb meat. OMG, so good. I love it. Go greek computers!

  2. Oh, look... by WheelDweller · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There's a webpage telling me that Microsoft doesn't support that any more. :)

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