[geeks] Now for something completely geek

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 @ 10:39 -0400, Phil Stracchino said:

> You know, the Romans bodged and/or screwed up so many things it's really
> pretty amazing they accomplished as much as they did.

Everyone bodged and/or screwed things up, including those magical
Egyptians.

I'd say the romans probably did more good work than just about any other
civilization the world has ever seen.

A lot of civilizations did neat things, but the romans are the ones that
really put it all together into a consistent infrastructure that
survives to the present.

It's ironic though, how they could be so pragmatic overall, but do the
impractical things they did.

However, I think politics and religion covers a lot of that part pretty
well.


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