Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:32:17 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <237ce231-5714-88b4-c52a-ffa54efdcd33@example.net> References: <578db959-a6bc-19b4-9edf-0e45a994a3f0@example.net> <5f26b99d-cefb-9b85-1296-0be9aff25a7d@example.net> <50cec39d-ebcd-d9fd-d288-64af77f90bc2@example.net> <04b08dd5-cce3-58d0-39c4-a3fdc28defb2@example.net> <9f9f1b3b-7142-749e-4761-aed0b29fa5bb@example.net> <278925ea-c4c0-6c76-a532-c6f150869a4f@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="8323328-1486768401-1735385539=:3396" Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="847635"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:63205 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-1486768401-1735385539=:3396 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Sat, 28 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:12:19 +0100, D wrote: > > >> I do not believe in any unbroken tradition except among indians, >> esquimaux or some siberian indians. > > I would take those with a grain of salt too. For example > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbell_Trading_Post_National_Historic_Site > > When the Navajo showed up with their crude blankets Hubbell them they'd > better come up with something a lot more attractive if the expected to > sell them. And the legend was born. > > The traditional turquoise jewelry and pottery designs were taught to them > by WPA art students, again trying to develop a product they could sell. Very interesting! As always, colm is the best history channel there is! =) >> I do believe that it is not impossible that remains existed up until the >> 17th or perhaps even 18th century, although those remains probably were >> _very_ different from the original. > > The 18th century Romantic movement and the earlier feeling that became > known as the counter-enlightenment led to many like die Brüder Grimm > digging around looking for roots just like Alex Haley did for Africans. > > I can understand the feeling. As we studied the glories of Rome in school > I thought 'Wait a minute. My ancestors were those barbarians pillaging > Rome and Ravenna. How about their history and beliefs?' The Christians did > their best to bury them so you have to read between the lines. Tacitus may > never have seen Germania in person. Snorri was a couple of hundred years > after Iceland voted to be Christian. Saxo Grammaticus wrote historical > fiction. And so on. This is the truth. Snorri was a ninja! > I don't know that much about Wicca but my impression is it invented a lot > from the whole cloth while the heathens try harder for some historical > accuracy. I use heathen versus pagan in the preferred sense. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathenry_(new_religious_movement) --8323328-1486768401-1735385539=:3396--