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Pretty Cool: Pythagorean Theorum was known more than 1,200 years before Pythagoras lived


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Posted
10 minutes ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

Let's not jump to any hasty conclusions. There's always two sides to every story. Well, in this case, I guess there's three.

Good points. Its important to cover every angle and not go off on a tangent. 

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Posted
23 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

just goes to show that maybe a lot of the stuff we attribute to the Greeks might be because they were the ones who collected the information and allowed it to be more evenly distributed around the educated world. 

Babylonian Tablet from 1770 BC describes the Theorem,,, our hero of the Triangle wasnt born until sometime around 570 BC

 

 

meh,  this stuff happens.  The Greeks also invented the steam engine about 1700 years before Watt did.   Sometimes this stuff happens.  

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The Greeks are pretty open about the fact that they garnered a lot of knowledge from the Persians (old empire).  Including using workers from all over the middle east to help build their wonders.   They had the cash and outsourced a lot of the expertise.  There are blocks found in athens that standardize measurements used by foreign workers building the Parthenon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_units_of_measurement

Posted
24 minutes ago, texashorne said:

Good points. Its important to cover every angle and not go off on a tangent. 

Only the angle of the dangle is really important.

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Posted
6 minutes ago, deadshank said:

Ben Franklin invented the George Foreman grill.

The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true

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Posted
2 hours ago, AUS-97HORN said:

just goes to show that maybe a lot of the stuff we attribute to the Greeks might be because they were the ones who collected the information and allowed it to be more evenly distributed around the educated world. 

Babylonian Tablet from 1770 BC describes the Theorem,,, our hero of the Triangle wasnt born until sometime around 570 BC

 

 

Pretty acute analysis. I guess it's pretty obtuse of us to think that someone couldn't get this right sooner.

 

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Posted
4 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true

You use your tongue purtier than a $20 whore

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Posted
9 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I’m more impressed that the Babylonians named the theorem for a guy that wasn’t born until 1200 years later. 

That's clear evidence of a time machine. Anyone denying it is just being Obtuse.

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Posted
6 hours ago, Parliament said:

He plagiarized it? All of my hero's were frauds.

Don't give a fuck what the historians say, I'm still going to believe that Alexander the Great gave this speech as quoted in this YouTube video.

 

Posted
8 hours ago, locodos said:

The Greeks are pretty open about the fact that they garnered a lot of knowledge from the Persians (old empire).  Including using workers from all over the middle east to help build their wonders.   They had the cash and outsourced a lot of the expertise.  There are blocks found in athens that standardize measurements used by foreign workers building the Parthenon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_units_of_measurement

"Ok, if you insist, but only one κόνδυλος." 

Smaller units of length
Unit Greek name Equal to Modern equivalent Description
daktylos δάκτυλος   19.3 mm (0.76 in) finger
kondylos κόνδυλος 2 daktyloi 38.5 mm (1.52 in) knuckle
Posted
20 hours ago, Armybrat said:

Only the angle of the dangle is really important.

This reminds me that I watched about the first 10 minutes of Naked Attraction before I had to tap out. 

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Posted (edited)
On 10/4/2023 at 10:05 AM, wild_turkey said:


It’s not a very good sine. Hopefully more info is revealed so this can be squared up.

cosined.

Shit. I’m going off on a tangent.

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