"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Seems to go backwards? Technology CLEARLY retrogrades, depending the ebb and flow of "civilization".
There's a lesson for these times. Not that I expect the idiots in charge would ever consider learning from it.
That said ... ... the Antikytheria Mechanism is an awesome find. Bronze gears with millimeter long teeth? Wow. The artisans of that era were skilled indeed, and the scholars (scientists?) had a good grasp of astronomy.
Pshaw! Where I come from, buyin' an HP was considered puttin' on airs.
Btw, I've still got that old TI. In the late summer of 1973, when I was preparing for my first semester of college, the things were going for $99 - and that was a sales price. Of course, the price of calculators came way down over the next few years. I still remember the garish red display on the TI.
Seems to go backwards? Technology CLEARLY retrogrades, depending the ebb and flow of "civilization".
ReplyDeleteThere's a lesson for these times. Not that I expect the idiots in charge would ever consider learning from it.
That said ... ... the Antikytheria Mechanism is an awesome find. Bronze gears with millimeter long teeth? Wow. The artisans of that era were skilled indeed, and the scholars (scientists?) had a good grasp of astronomy.
When I started college, I asked my parents for one of these, but all I got was a Texas Instruments calculator.
ReplyDeleteTI? For shame.
DeleteYou realize that's just a Fisher-Price repackaged.
HP is an adult's calculator.
Pshaw! Where I come from, buyin' an HP was considered puttin' on airs.
ReplyDeleteBtw, I've still got that old TI. In the late summer of 1973, when I was preparing for my first semester of college, the things were going for $99 - and that was a sales price. Of course, the price of calculators came way down over the next few years. I still remember the garish red display on the TI.