Decoding an ancient computer

Sidney · 3rd December 2006, 21:54

A group of scientists from the U.K. and Greece led by Mike Edmunds, an astronomer from the University of Cardiff, has unlocked a code more ancient and mysterious than those found in Foucault's Pendulum or The Da Vinci Code. The team has deciphered the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient computer named for the Greek island where it was discovered.

The top image is the main fragment of the original bronze mechanism. Below is the scientists' computer-generated re-creation

http://news.com.com/2300-11397_3-613...tag=ne.gall.pg

geoffrey · 3rd December 2006, 22:09

I was amazed by the fast the greeks were able to make something advanced as this (1000 years ahead as they state it). Another amazing thing is how people can reconstruct this from the mess they found.

3rd December 2006, 21:54	#1
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Decoding an ancient computer A group of scientists from the U.K. and Greece led by Mike Edmunds, an astronomer from the University of Cardiff, has unlocked a code more ancient and mysterious than those found in Foucault's Pendulum or The Da Vinci Code. The team has deciphered the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient computer named for the Greek island where it was discovered. The top image is the main fragment of the original bronze mechanism. Below is the scientists' computer-generated re-creation http://news.com.com/2300-11397_3-613...tag=ne.gall.pg __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

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3rd December 2006, 22:09	#2
geoffrey [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,127	I was amazed by the fast the greeks were able to make something advanced as this (1000 years ahead as they state it). Another amazing thing is how people can reconstruct this from the mess they found.