Comments on: Is Ancient Greek Computer a PR Stunt for Olympics? http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/31/is-ancient-greek-computer-a-pr-stunt-for-olympics/ General interest observations and true web-log. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:16:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mister Mustard http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/31/is-ancient-greek-computer-a-pr-stunt-for-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1282958 Mister Mustard Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:13:08 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=19427#comment-1282958 <i>"Everyone knows GoDaddy, it’s the largest domain name registrar in the world. The company is mostly known from pulling shitloads of dollars into the booby Super Bowl marketing campaigns filled full with sexually suggestive material, which get always rejected a number of times before being accepted to air in the television. Anyways, soon it is going to be the renewal season for me, also it’s the final time to purchase a bunch of new domain names, so I was stumbling around in order to find the best offers. The inherent curiosity took me to GoDaddy, and guess what… How much time may it take to find complete information about pricing on their own website? Five minutes, maybe ten? Well, I’m sorry but this time I simply have no idea - and I can only tell you that after 15 minutes of hard-digging through the all of their marketing brainwash I came up with nothing, so I tried Google Search. And check out what I found under “godaddy renewal prices” - a series of comprehensive articles clearly showing the way GoDaddy deals with people. Go on, find out how the world’s most popular domain registrar does it’s business. It is really interesting and worth reading, just go on and read.</i> http://wincent.com/a/about/wincent/weblog/archives/2007/01/wincent_vs_goda.php Bummer that GoDaddy is a scam. And bummer that Danica Patrick is a "GoDaddy Girl". And bummer that Cranky Geeks accepts an internet scam to sponsor their show. :( “Everyone knows GoDaddy, it’s the largest domain name registrar in the world. The company is mostly known from pulling shitloads of dollars into the booby Super Bowl marketing campaigns filled full with sexually suggestive material, which get always rejected a number of times before being accepted to air in the television. Anyways, soon it is going to be the renewal season for me, also it’s the final time to purchase a bunch of new domain names, so I was stumbling around in order to find the best offers. The inherent curiosity took me to GoDaddy, and guess what…

How much time may it take to find complete information about pricing on their own website? Five minutes, maybe ten? Well, I’m sorry but this time I simply have no idea – and I can only tell you that after 15 minutes of hard-digging through the all of their marketing brainwash I came up with nothing, so I tried Google Search. And check out what I found under “godaddy renewal prices” – a series of comprehensive articles clearly showing the way GoDaddy deals with people. Go on, find out how the world’s most popular domain registrar does it’s business. It is really interesting and worth reading, just go on and read.

http://wincent.com/a/about/wincent/weblog/archives/2007/01/wincent_vs_goda.php

Bummer that GoDaddy is a scam. And bummer that Danica Patrick is a “GoDaddy Girl”. And bummer that Cranky Geeks accepts an internet scam to sponsor their show.

:(

]]> By: pedro http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/31/is-ancient-greek-computer-a-pr-stunt-for-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1278542 pedro Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:30:13 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=19427#comment-1278542 No one is saying the Antikythera is a fake but boy, are those chinese hungry about PR for the olympics or what? A few weeks ago, I saw a newspaper cut-out on a customers BB showing how there is possibility for a paralympic record holder to be allowed to run at the China olympics with regular runners and how his struggle to get approval was going on. Talk about publicity stunt. This must be the most overhyped olympics ever. Wonder why. No one is saying the Antikythera is a fake but boy, are those chinese hungry about PR for the olympics or what?

A few weeks ago, I saw a newspaper cut-out on a customers BB showing how there is possibility for a paralympic record holder to be allowed to run at the China olympics with regular runners and how his struggle to get approval was going on.

Talk about publicity stunt.

This must be the most overhyped olympics ever. Wonder why.

]]> By: Stu Mulne http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/31/is-ancient-greek-computer-a-pr-stunt-for-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1277723 Stu Mulne Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:35:37 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=19427#comment-1277723 The Antikythera Mechanism is quite real. I doubt, however, that the latest "it does this" information is accurate. Mostly, I think, because we simply don't have other examples. Unless the Church trashed them all, and didn't bother to mention that, you'd expect more of these. That said, working with bronze to make something like this isn't really all that difficult. The principles probably are a bit of a breakthrough, but the overall technology isn't. (Look at the Egyptian and Roman medical instruments. No gears, but the same kind of precision.) IMHO, there is some Olympics-related hype here, givn the conclusions being delivered, but we live in a world where a lot of popular History is what'll sell. Does anybody remember "The Scorpion King" and the television special (A&E or History?) that tried to relate the movie to an early Egyptian Pharaoh named Menes because he had a scorpion on a ceremonial object? (I figured that if the narrator said "Scorpion" one more time, I was going to mail him one.) Regards The Antikythera Mechanism is quite real. I doubt, however, that the latest “it does this” information is accurate. Mostly, I think, because we simply don’t have other examples. Unless the Church trashed them all, and didn’t bother to mention that, you’d expect more of these.

That said, working with bronze to make something like this isn’t really all that difficult. The principles probably are a bit of a breakthrough, but the overall technology isn’t. (Look at the Egyptian and Roman medical instruments. No gears, but the same kind of precision.)

IMHO, there is some Olympics-related hype here, givn the conclusions being delivered, but we live in a world where a lot of popular History is what’ll sell. Does anybody remember “The Scorpion King” and the television special (A&E or History?) that tried to relate the movie to an early Egyptian Pharaoh named Menes because he had a scorpion on a ceremonial object?

(I figured that if the narrator said “Scorpion” one more time, I was going to mail him one.)

Regards

]]> By: QB http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/31/is-ancient-greek-computer-a-pr-stunt-for-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1277610 QB Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:26:00 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=19427#comment-1277610 The most irritating thing about IE8 is Microsoft people constantly calling it "I-Yee-Eh". They can't seem to get out that last consonant or something. The new developer tools are kind of OK. The Javascript and HTML editing rate an "OK that's nice I guess". The CSS review and history viewing is quite good. Various Firefox developer plugins don't need to quake in their boots yet. The most irritating thing about IE8 is Microsoft people constantly calling it “I-Yee-Eh”. They can’t seem to get out that last consonant or something.

The new developer tools are kind of OK. The Javascript and HTML editing rate an “OK that’s nice I guess”. The CSS review and history viewing is quite good. Various Firefox developer plugins don’t need to quake in their boots yet.

]]> By: Eric http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/31/is-ancient-greek-computer-a-pr-stunt-for-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1277561 Eric Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:54:43 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=19427#comment-1277561 HP hasn't been HP since they sold off the test equipment and atomic clocks, and started selling calculators and overpriced PCs in WalMart. HP hasn’t been HP since they sold off the test equipment and atomic clocks, and started selling calculators and overpriced PCs in WalMart.

]]> By: jim h http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/31/is-ancient-greek-computer-a-pr-stunt-for-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1277470 jim h Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:12:55 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=19427#comment-1277470 The "Greek Computer" (known as the Antikythera Mechanism because that's where it was found) is absolutely real, and a fantastic piece of history. A few months ago there was a great article about it in Smithsonian magazine - here's a story on their web site: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient_calendar.html The “Greek Computer” (known as the Antikythera Mechanism because that’s where it was found) is absolutely real, and a fantastic piece of history. A few months ago there was a great article about it in Smithsonian magazine – here’s a story on their web site:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient_calendar.html

]]> By: edwinrogers http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/31/is-ancient-greek-computer-a-pr-stunt-for-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1277459 edwinrogers Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:52:02 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=19427#comment-1277459 Why aren't NASA looking for oil, on Mars? Why aren’t NASA looking for oil, on Mars?

]]> By: jasmoran66 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/07/31/is-ancient-greek-computer-a-pr-stunt-for-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-1277444 jasmoran66 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:37:37 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=19427#comment-1277444 I'm fairly confident that months will continue to go by for the foreseeable future, at least... I’m fairly confident that months will continue to go by for the foreseeable future, at least…

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