On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 03:08:11 GMT, rumours say that [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron Laird) might have written:
[more snipping] >With a little provocation, I can push the ideas of "mechanical" >or "machine" referencing back at least to the Enlightenment, and >arguably much farther. Please ignore my earlier post, since it was mistakenly sent incomplete. about "arguably much farther": http://www.ancient-mysteries.com/greece2000/Main/Main2/Main3/Anti-Main/anti-main.html and http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/battery2.html and http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/steamengine2.html Nice page, this: http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/hsclist.htm -- TZOTZIOY, I speak England very best. "Be strict when sending and tolerant when receiving." (from RFC1958) I really should keep that in mind when talking with people, actually... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list