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jwraysays...glorified sliderule, not really a computer.
bleedingsnowmansays...^ Ummm... why don't you try making one.
honkeytonk73says...Archimedes was one heck of a genius. Even by today's standards he surely holds his own. What a find though.. an actual mechanical device (possibly) constructed by Archimedes himself.
cybrbeastsays...jwray, that basically is a computer
nice clips, but from which program/episode are these? I want the complete version.
djsunkidsays...That's pretty awesome, but its no Curta
Peroxidesays...SPONGE DIVERS WHOOO, also, an odometer is not really a computer.
bamdrewsays...'my baby's got the bends, ooh no'
bamdrewsays...would make a better story if it were an ancient hd dvd drive
10040says...>> ^jwray:
glorified sliderule, not really a computer.
Nope! computers are just glorified binary, thats it!
Spoon_Gougesays...I'm surprised a wreck that old was not covered completely by the sea floor.
Peroxidesays...just for the record, the words "not really," do not mean "not,"
oohahhsays...This has been brought to reality thanks to xrays and other similiar tech. See http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Antikythera-mechanism-the-world-s-oldest-computer
carnevalsays...*dead
siftbotsays...This video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by carneval.
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