Re: HP Connection to Ancient Calculator Message #3 Posted by Les Bell on 24 Nov 2006, 5:06 p.m., in response to message #2 by Trent Moseley
"Slashdot Effect" occurs when a story is linked from the site http://slashdot.org. It has so many readers that, when they all click on the links, they can effectively make a site unreachable.
The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project site at http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/ is back up today, however.
The opening statement on the site states:
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project, with the cooperation of the National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation and the support of the National Bank of Greece, organizes a conference at the Lecture theatre of the National Bank of Greece, Karatzas building, 82-84 Eolou street, in Athens, Thursday November 30th and Friday December 1st, 2006.
"This conference will include the announcement of the first results of this initiative, including a new model of its function. The organizers invite leading world experts to discuss and reassess the Mechanism's origins, purpose and wider significance for the state of technology in ancient Greece."
The ancient Greeks constructed some amazing technology, but this mechanism must be at or near the pinnacle.
Best,
--- Les
[http://www.lesbell.com.au]
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