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Old 08-07-19, 01:27 AM   #16
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Today, stuff from Greece or Egypt is not ancient, but "made in China".



An F1 car five years old - now that is ancient. Note that the wheel is anything but round. Back then, they still were practicing.
Where does VCR fit on the scale? Vic-20 computer?

Neolithic times?
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Old 08-07-19, 04:56 AM   #17
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Where does VCR fit on the scale? Vic-20 computer?

Neolithic times?
Mapuc mentioned it. Really ancient Aliens.
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Old 08-07-19, 11:32 AM   #18
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Yes I have mentioned Ancient Aliens in my thread it was however inside the off topic area.
And Skybird had a good point in his comparing yesterdays computer stuff with todays.

Back to main topic

Yesterday I saw an episode about the Roman Empire(forgot the title) In this program they were taking on the Pantheon and the roof.

The roof is a lot bigger then the roof on Capitol in Washington DC

and the roof on Pantheon is build with non-reinforced concrete and has only been repaired once which was after the earthquake in 202. It is stronger than ever.

The capitol who was completed in the middle of 1800 have gone through two major maintenance

It's amazing who good they were those ancient engineers.

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Better than today's crap that is built.
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Old 08-08-19, 02:46 PM   #20
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Better than today's crap that is built.
in a 'paper economy' "guaranteed obsolescence" is an economic necessity! Of course stuff like the Pantheon or the Parthenon were built with ...pure talent(s) to last!
 
a Greek talent was 52 lbs of pure silver...
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Old 08-09-19, 11:20 AM   #21
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a Greek talent was 52 lbs of pure silver...

Definitely not good to be trying to lug around during a zombie apocalypse
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