Incredible

<a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003454424_computer30.html" >Mysterious old Greek gadget turns out to be early computer</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>After a century of study, scientists have unlocked the secrets of a mysterious 2,100-year-old device known as the "Antikythera mechanism," showing it to be a complex and uncannily accurate astronomical computer.<br />n<br />nThe mechanism, recovered in more than 80 highly corroded fragments from a sunken Roman ship, could predict the positions of the sun and planets, show the location of the moon and even forecast eclipses.<br />n<br />nThe international team of scientists reported today in the journal Nature that the first-century B.C. device, the earliest known example of an arrangement of gear wheels, shows a technological sophistication that was not seen again until clockwork mechanisms were introduced in the 14th century.</blockquote><br />n<br />nA computer over 2000 years old. What a story. Gives a person a little more respect for ancient peoples and what they were capable of.<br />n<br />n<strong>Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great, none so much needed now. Frank Lloyd Wright</strong>