Fedora 11 & The Antikythera Mechanism

Frank Murphy frankly3d at fedoraproject.org
Fri Feb 6 07:34:25 UTC 2009


Olga Segou wrote:
> Hello from Greece!
> 
> I would like to recommend the Antikythera Mechanism as a possible theme
> for artwork... What is so great about the Antikythera Mechanism?
> 
> * It fits within nautical and greek themes (as it is a navigation device
> built in Greece)
> * It is the first mechanical computer, a device ahead of its time
>

The problem I see here is, without the explanation
most users will just see a geometrical shape and go, huh!
As there will be no text on the graphics.

Whereas the columns can be recognised as classical.

Frank




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