[geeks] Now for something completely geek

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 @ 19:36 +0200, Joost van de Griek said:

> On 8/24/06 6:26 PM, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> 
> > I'd say the romans probably did more good work than just about any other
> > civilization the world has ever seen.
> 
> Idunno. They were very much standing on the shoulders of giants.

Yes, but giants that never cooperated with one another, and never
sustained their technology over long periods of time.

Rome put it all together and made it work, often using technologies that
others had created but never used.

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