dailymail.co.uk— Prehistoric man found his way around England using a crude version of 'sat nav' based on stone circle markers, historians have claimed.
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In your attempt to evoke laughter, you instead made a crude joke roughly referencing pop-culture and you expect an instant response from the "internet and pop-culture savvy" digg community. Unfortunately there are no clear lines of logic between the comment that was made and your presumption that I am in some way a "cave man."Fail?We'll let the votes decide.
Yeah, I know it is no mystery. And I am not saying this article is worth a crap. Just saying that the subject in general (mass synchronized geometric construction) is interesting enough. But since it has already been covered in about a dozen history channel specials, and a few hundred books, this article clearly does not add anything of value to the topic.
@borezI'm not sure if you ever noticed this, but the Sun has a tendency to move in the sky. Ok, not just East-West but also it drifts due to the earth's orbital eccentricity and axis tilt. Sure you can calculate and adjust for that .. but it's a bit difficult without knowing the Earth goes round the sun and isn't flat.If i catch what you're trying to do correctly, it seems to me your triangle will look different every day.
4antistupidSep 14, 2009
I think that's what we call "road signs" these days.
electricheadSep 14, 2009
What do you say instead, then?
wilcocolaSep 14, 2009
In your attempt to evoke laughter, you instead made a crude joke roughly referencing pop-culture and you expect an instant response from the "internet and pop-culture savvy" digg community. Unfortunately there are no clear lines of logic between the comment that was made and your presumption that I am in some way a "cave man."Fail?We'll let the votes decide.
mega386Sep 14, 2009
remember the world is only 6000 years old.. if this doesn't qualify for pre-history I don't know what does. lol
allisonv12Sep 14, 2009
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ultraseamusSep 14, 2009
Yeah, I know it is no mystery. And I am not saying this article is worth a crap. Just saying that the subject in general (mass synchronized geometric construction) is interesting enough. But since it has already been covered in about a dozen history channel specials, and a few hundred books, this article clearly does not add anything of value to the topic.
nullcodesSep 15, 2009
@borezI'm not sure if you ever noticed this, but the Sun has a tendency to move in the sky. Ok, not just East-West but also it drifts due to the earth's orbital eccentricity and axis tilt. Sure you can calculate and adjust for that .. but it's a bit difficult without knowing the Earth goes round the sun and isn't flat.If i catch what you're trying to do correctly, it seems to me your triangle will look different every day.
quisquisSep 15, 2009
The second part of my post was in response to the idiot statement you made: "Like today[sic] true information..."
quisquisSep 16, 2009
not... really? Did you just watch borat or did you forget to leave your middle school lexicon at the door when you left?:p