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https://whynow.dumka.us/2006/11/29/on-a-lighter-note-3/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:56:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://whynow.dumka.us/2006/11/29/on-a-lighter-note-3/comment-page-1/#comment-18853 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:56:10 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/11/29/on-a-lighter-note-3/#comment-18853 As far as British comedy goes, Borat has more in common with Benny Hill than Monty Python. I understand the point, but that’s the problem: I understand, I don’t react to it. If you have explain a pun, it didn’t work.

]]> https://whynow.dumka.us/2006/11/29/on-a-lighter-note-3/comment-page-1/#comment-18851 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:28:06 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/11/29/on-a-lighter-note-3/#comment-18851 Don’t know why…but the whole *Borat* thing leaves me cold (or bored). My teen daughter even said it was bascially a movie of stupid jokes (harsh criticism from a 15 yr old!) *wink*

]]> https://whynow.dumka.us/2006/11/29/on-a-lighter-note-3/comment-page-1/#comment-18834 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:50:41 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/11/29/on-a-lighter-note-3/#comment-18834 Two steps forward and one step back. It requires a stable government and a leisure class will to pay for these advances.

]]> https://whynow.dumka.us/2006/11/29/on-a-lighter-note-3/comment-page-1/#comment-18831 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:35:55 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/11/29/on-a-lighter-note-3/#comment-18831 It seems to have caught a lot of eyes, including mine. It is a truly fascinating machine.

]]> https://whynow.dumka.us/2006/11/29/on-a-lighter-note-3/comment-page-1/#comment-18826 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:01:16 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/11/29/on-a-lighter-note-3/#comment-18826 It goes a little earlier to the clock mechanisms as it requires a return to brass and bronze to get the detail, and iron work predominated for a very long time. Von Liebnitz’s calculator is the device I would think was comparable.

]]> https://whynow.dumka.us/2006/11/29/on-a-lighter-note-3/comment-page-1/#comment-18825 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:41:45 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/11/29/on-a-lighter-note-3/#comment-18825 I just noticed the article on the Antikythera mechanism this morning. It’s an astonishing bit of technology. The question in my mind, a question that may be unanswerable, is whether the device is a unique work of a single genius, or is indicative of a level of technological accomplishment heretofore unsuspected. Meanwhile, I can only stand in awe. Devices of similar mechanical complexity are available for viewing in the Smithsonian… but those are mostly from the 18th century.

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