The great pyramid of Giza throws up a load of mysteries. Like the length of its side at the base is 365.2422 cubits (solar year).
The sides of the pyramid have a mean error of 58 millimeters in length, which is pretty darn good for an ancient civilisation building a 230m structure, but not good enough to make claims that go to 7 significant figures, even if you can figure out which length of cubit you're talking about. Apparently, you get the answer of 365.2422 if you use the Hebrew cubit of 25.027 inches, which, as far as I can tell from Google, appears to be a unit specifically invented for showing that the Great Pyramid is 365.2422 of them.
The angle of the slope of the pyramid rises 10to9, for every 10 meters up the slope you rise 9 meters in altitude. Take the height of the pyramid, and multiply it by 10 to the power of 9, you get 91,840,000 which is the distance of the sun from the earth.
The distance of the sun from the earth varies between 146 and 152 million kilometres. Wikipedia says that the original height of the pyramid is believed to be 146.5 metres. As such, this may be vaguely true within a uselessly large error margin.
The solution to how to square the circle is within the geometry of the giza pyramid.
I love this kind of threads: first, a new speccy game released and ended up talking about romans, sumerians, size of pyramid's sides and aliens! :lol:
Ha :). Maybe it could be of use as inspiration for the Mojon Twins next excellent game...
I love reading the ancient Vedic texts, currently reading the Srimad Bhagavatam and just read a bit about the banyan tree of work. 'Thus when all a man's activities are dedicated to the service of the Lord, those very activities which caused his perpetual bondage become the destroyer of the tree of work'.
Again and again it explains that the 'Lord' or 'Godhead' is not material or physical. A fictional personality is used to describe the actions of the 'Lord' for the less intelligent human beings (neophytes). For the Lord is the spirit (isnis, ether, zero point), which creates the 3 modes of nature. Anything done in the name of religion or a figure head is frowned upon because the Lord has no form. We can only observe 'His' creations to discover and learn the Absolute Truth. The tree of life is the 'Lord's' expression.
So what started as an explanation of zero point or ether for numpties, turned into religion which was man's invention to act on anothers will. Which empowered the rulers.
Yes. In fact, it was frobush who made them all. Afterwards he decided they were so utterly crap that he had to give the world a few good games to compensate. The rest, as we know, is history. And pigs fly.
Yes. In fact, it was frobush who made them all. Afterwards he decided they were so utterly crap that he had to give the world a few good games to compensate. The rest, as we know, is history. And pigs fly.
I have a catapult in my backyard that proves you right!
Our calendar is out by two months. March the 1st should be New Years day.
Look at October. "Oct" = 8, but is considered the 10th month.
December. "Dec" = 10, but is the 12th month.
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The ten month calendar was changed by the Romans, specifically at the beginning of the imperial period when two new months were added July ("Julius") named after Julius Caesar and August ("Augustus") named after his adopted son, the first emperor Caesar Augustus. These two new months pushed other months forward so the eighth month - October - became the new tenth.
As for March 1st being New Years day, I think it used to be until relatively recently. I discovered this when I saw some of Samuel Pepys diary entries which are often written like this "January 1660/61" to denote what year it was by our understanding and what year it was by his.
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The sides of the pyramid have a mean error of 58 millimeters in length, which is pretty darn good for an ancient civilisation building a 230m structure, but not good enough to make claims that go to 7 significant figures, even if you can figure out which length of cubit you're talking about. Apparently, you get the answer of 365.2422 if you use the Hebrew cubit of 25.027 inches, which, as far as I can tell from Google, appears to be a unit specifically invented for showing that the Great Pyramid is 365.2422 of them.
The distance of the sun from the earth varies between 146 and 152 million kilometres. Wikipedia says that the original height of the pyramid is believed to be 146.5 metres. As such, this may be vaguely true within a uselessly large error margin.
The Egyptians must have been very clever indeed, then, seeing as squaring the circle was proven to be impossible in 1882.
Har har har!
Pretty good find there frobshu!
Meow!
Ha :). Maybe it could be of use as inspiration for the Mojon Twins next excellent game...
I love reading the ancient Vedic texts, currently reading the Srimad Bhagavatam and just read a bit about the banyan tree of work. 'Thus when all a man's activities are dedicated to the service of the Lord, those very activities which caused his perpetual bondage become the destroyer of the tree of work'.
Again and again it explains that the 'Lord' or 'Godhead' is not material or physical. A fictional personality is used to describe the actions of the 'Lord' for the less intelligent human beings (neophytes). For the Lord is the spirit (isnis, ether, zero point), which creates the 3 modes of nature. Anything done in the name of religion or a figure head is frowned upon because the Lord has no form. We can only observe 'His' creations to discover and learn the Absolute Truth. The tree of life is the 'Lord's' expression.
So what started as an explanation of zero point or ether for numpties, turned into religion which was man's invention to act on anothers will. Which empowered the rulers.
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Is there a World Record for the most number of games written in a week?
Judging by the quality of the titles on Cassette 50, I'd wager a guess and claim they all were written within a week.
I have a catapult in my backyard that proves you right!
The ten month calendar was changed by the Romans, specifically at the beginning of the imperial period when two new months were added July ("Julius") named after Julius Caesar and August ("Augustus") named after his adopted son, the first emperor Caesar Augustus. These two new months pushed other months forward so the eighth month - October - became the new tenth.
As for March 1st being New Years day, I think it used to be until relatively recently. I discovered this when I saw some of Samuel Pepys diary entries which are often written like this "January 1660/61" to denote what year it was by our understanding and what year it was by his.