 Editor in Chief Bill   | 04 Feb 2016 8:17 p.m. PST |
Legend has it that the Oracle of Delphi connected priests with super natural beings who passed along advanced technology and information.
And conspiracy theorists claim that is how a modern-day laptop ended up in a Greek sculpture from 100 BC.
But historians say the sculpture is just a deceased woman 'touching the lid of a shallow chest'. link |
79thPA  | 04 Feb 2016 8:57 p.m. PST |
So, aliens gave her a laptop so she could Google information from the future? Is that about it? |
| tberry7403 | 04 Feb 2016 10:03 p.m. PST |
Aliens weren't involved. It's just a "modern" laptop that fell through a space/time rift. |
| darthfozzywig | 04 Feb 2016 11:06 p.m. PST |
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| Ivan DBA | 05 Feb 2016 12:34 a.m. PST |
Those aren't "USB ports," they are where bronze rods held on another piece of stone that projected out from the surface of the relief. But hey, don't let the realities of ancient sculpture get in the way of stupidity. |
| Zargon | 05 Feb 2016 4:26 a.m. PST |
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| Waco Joe | 05 Feb 2016 5:44 a.m. PST |
Zargon i think you mean Error CDIV  |
| advocate | 05 Feb 2016 6:07 a.m. PST |
Those aren't "USB ports" Because USB ports aren't round. No, they could be headphone jacks though, or an I/O port that has not yet been designed! |
 Herkybird | 05 Feb 2016 6:29 a.m. PST |
Well, even if she had a laptop, it would have to be connected to an inter(planetary)net! |
| Kenntak | 05 Feb 2016 7:15 a.m. PST |
But did the oracle pick Microsoft or Apple? |
| Winston Smith | 05 Feb 2016 7:36 a.m. PST |
"Paranormal Investigator".
How high is the bar for that job? |
| Winston Smith | 05 Feb 2016 7:39 a.m. PST |
Btw, I have never heard of an instance when the Delphic oracle gave good advice. Please advise me if you know of any.
The pages of Greek history and mythology are full of instances where the oracle was misleading. Start with Oedipus, Croesus…. And back then, suspicions were rife (conspiracy theorists?) that the oracle was in the pay of the Persian Empire. Want to start your own myth?
"Once upon a time, Sthenelsya, the tyrant of Minesthenes, was concerned about how he should split his fortune among his sons. So he sent the eldest to consult the Oracle at Delphi."
Fill in your own tragic plot. |
| The Tin Dictator | 05 Feb 2016 8:42 a.m. PST |
So you're saying they were using Wikipedia ? |
| MHoxie | 05 Feb 2016 11:29 a.m. PST |
Wasn't there an Asimov story like this (except it was a textbook). "Red Queen's Race" I think. |
| JJartist | 05 Feb 2016 12:39 p.m. PST |
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John Leahy  | 05 Feb 2016 1:42 p.m. PST |
Not sure about 'good' advice. But advice given before Thermopylae was certainly used to good effect by Themistocles, I believe. |
| Maxshadow | 06 Feb 2016 6:25 a.m. PST |
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| Daniel Pickering | 23 Feb 2016 1:06 p.m. PST |
looks like a mirror case to me |
