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The 2000 year old computer

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    #11
    Originally posted by SupremeSpod View Post
    Hang on a minute...

    If that thing was invented 2000 years ago, why the **** did the dark ages happen and why haven't we seen similar items through history?
    Roman version of global warming?

    Roman version of patent wars?

    Not Invented Here syndrome?
    Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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      #12
      Originally posted by SupremeSpod View Post
      How come it too so long for analog computers that produce tide tables to be developed?
      The Mediterranean doesn't have tides!
      Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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        #13
        Originally posted by BolshieBastard View Post
        Er, cos the ancient Greek civilisation collapsed!

        No one else picked it up (literally). The ancient Greeks were also close to developing steam power but that was lost for nigh on 2000 years until the industrial revolution came along.
        In the program they indicate that any surviving relics of this type went east, there are apparently Islamic devices similar in nature that appear a few hundred years later.
        Keeping calm. Keeping invoicing.

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          #14
          Originally posted by Sysman View Post
          The Mediterranean doesn't have tides!
          Yes it does. Just of very low amplitude.

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            #15
            Originally posted by SupremeSpod View Post
            Yes it does. Just of very low amplitude.
            But is it worth doing tide tables for those?
            Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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              #16
              Originally posted by Sysman View Post
              But is it worth doing tide tables for those?
              FUCTIFINO!

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                #17
                Just a few centimetres

                The Mediterranean sea does have tides, but they are of a very low amplitude, as you can see somewhat in the below diagram (from Legos via Aviso/Altimetry) where the Mediterranean is mostly shown in blue meaning its tides have an average amplitude of a few centimetres, (instead of the metre of so shown in the part of the atlantic you can see).
                Figure shows the amplitude of predicted tides in centimetres


                Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by zeitghost
                  Of somewhat lower complexity from what I could see.
                  Improved usability perhaps?...
                  Keeping calm. Keeping invoicing.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by zeitghost
                    It's definitely worth doing for the Bristol Channel, though I won't bore you with the details.
                    Very good...

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                      #20
                      V interesting program, good spot!!
                      I didn't say it was your ******* fault, I said I was blaming you!

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