Y'mean they had breast implants back then??
;-)
-Ben
>I recently finished a book about some of the more interesting Roman and
>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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