Greek inventions. Their equivalent of Silicone Vally was Alexandria in
Egypt, and later also Athens Greece. Only it stayed that way for hundreds
of years until the Persian conquest of Egypt in the 6th century.
larry
At 01:57 PM 11/30/2003, you wrote:
>In fact, they had the same worries as us, had friends, had kids, fell in
>love, and pooped. I bet they had a few geeks just as well. The only
>difference is the clothing
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Larry C. Lyons
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 10:32 AM
> Subject: RE: Lucius! Rolleth thine THAC0!
>
> The engineers and artisans in imperial Rome were no slouches.
> Archeologists
> have found some navigational devices makes around 100 BC that were
> astonishingly precise. The problems during this period were the materials
> used were very basic and almost everything was a one-off product,
> making it
> very expensive compared to now.
>
> I don't think D and D would have been as popular if a die set cost the
> equivalent of $1500.
>
> larry
>
> At 11:04 AM 11/30/2003, you wrote:
> >In 7th grade woodshop, I tried cutting an icosahedron out of a block of
> >wood. I measured everything out, but I still didn't get some of the
> angles
> >right. It had 20 sides, but it was off-balance and some of the vertices
> >didn't match up. I'm really impressed by this. I had a bunch of tools at
> >my disposal and flubbed it, and the person who did this 1,800 years
> ago not
> >only carved it out of glass, but it looks to have perfect proportions as
> >well.
> >
> >- Jim
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 9:30 AM
> >To: CF-Community
> >Subject: Re: Lucius! Rolleth thine THAC0!
> >
> >darn, that would be something to impress the GM's at tne next GenCon .
> >
> >larry
> >
> > >20-sided die from ancient Rome up for auction at Christie's:
> > >
>
> > ><http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/LOTDETAIL.ASP?intObjectID=420538
>
> >5>http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/LOTDETAIL.ASP?intObjectID=420538
> >5
> > >
> > >- Jim
> >
> >--
> >
> >Larry C. Lyons
> >
> >========================================================
> >Life is Complex. It has both real and imaginary parts.
> >========================================================
> >Chaos, Panic and Disorder. My work here is done.
> >
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