That was probably the Antikythera mechanism. It was used for astronomical calculations, they think, and was totally cool.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Scott Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > > I remember seeing a story about a prototype "babbage-type" engine > (primitive computer) being found on an ancient Greek trading ship sunk > in the Mediterranean. > > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Casey Dougall > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-10-swiss-archaeologists-year-old-door.html >>> >>> Swiss archaeologists find 5,000-year-old door >>> October 20, 2010 >>> >>> >> 5,000 year old door? Meh that ain't nothing! >> >> Read some of these finds >> http://www.forgottenagesresearch.com/out-of-place-artifacts-series/Deep-Time-Out-of-Place-ArtifactsFour-Interpretatio.htm >> >> *http://tinyurl.com/2c3hh6w* >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329643 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
