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  • Re: "The Antikythera Mechanism: An Astonishing Invention from Ancient G

    From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 7 21:25:14 2023
    On Friday, July 7, 2023 at 9:24:09 PM UTC-7, wrote:
    (2023 Youtube upload)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y-Qxw4DLOY

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  • From Oh so rich & successful JTEM@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 8 06:35:53 2023
    It's actually not astonishing at all.

    It's more complex than other machines from the period but
    other machines, gearing are known.

    Astronomical clocks are known in Europe from the 1300s, and
    the Antikythera Mechanism is vastly LESS sophisticated.

    It's unpowered -- believed to have operated by turning a crank --
    and it of course lacked a clock.

    The Antikythera Mechanism is NOT a computer. It does not
    compute anything. You might as well insist that your door
    knob is a computer as it effectively does the same thing: You
    turn it and that results in mechanical motion, opening the door.

    The Antikythera Mechanism is a wondrous device, on which
    maggots misunderstand and misrepresent.

    NOTE: It doesn't even work!

    All the so called "Reproductions" you can find -- just Google
    it -- either add parts that don't exist or eliminate parts which
    do.



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  • From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 27 11:42:19 2023
    On Friday, July 7, 2023 at 9:24:09 PM UTC-7, wrote:
    (2023 Youtube upload)

    (2023 Article):

    https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/26/ancient-greece-antikythera-mechanism/

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  • From Oh so rich & successful JTEM@21:1/5 to gggg gggg on Sun Aug 27 12:37:31 2023
    gggg gggg wrote:

    https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/26/ancient-greece-antikythera-mechanism/

    It's clickbait. Hype.

    The Antikythera Mechanism is NOT a computer. It does not compute
    anything. You do not enter values. It's an astronomical clock absent
    the clock, only not as sophisticated.

    Clocks have a power source. The Antikythera Mechanism does not.
    it has a crank. You don't "Wind it up" with the crank, the crank is the
    power. A "Wind up" clock has a spring. The winding-up tensions the
    spring which then powers the clock as it loosens. Period. The
    Antikythera Mechanism has nothing. You turn the handle and it
    moves. You don't turn the handle and it doesn't move. Simple as that.

    It also doesn't tell time. So it's an astronomical clock minus the
    clock and the power source.

    The Antikythera Mechanism doesn't even work!

    All the so called reproductions -- ALL OF THEM -- either add gears
    that don't exist or ignore gears that were recovered with the main
    body. There is no such thing as a functioning "Reproduction" that
    uses the parts as found. Yet..

    Ridiculous claims regarding function and accuracy can be found
    all over the internet. Why? There are no actual reproductions.
    Nobody can state with certainty how it was fully assembled much
    less how it performed, it's accuracy...







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