Re: OT: Re: [Nolug] call me an idiot if you like *sigh*

I am always intrigued when I see the bumps in the road of advancement
between the Roman period and the late Middle Ages. Hmm, I had thought that
the Roman's had invented concrete. Looks like I was wrong. Stupid Discovery
Channel!

At 08:47 AM 4/21/2003 -0700, you wrote:

>I am sure he meant the Windows CE, ME, & NT are as useful for computing as
>a block of concrete.
>No doubt concrete has its uses, but a decent computing plaform is not one
>of them........
>
>Btw, because I am that kind of guy, I found a page about the history of
>concrete ;)
>http://matse1.mse.uiuc.edu/~tw/concrete/hist.html
>
>Brett
>
>--- Dustin Puryear <dpuryear@usa.net> wrote:
> > I think the Greeks did just fine without it. :) I believe it was the
> > Roman's that invented concrete? You know, I read somewhere that Japan uses
> > more concrete than the US. I have to assume that's per capita, but you
> > never know.
> >
> >
> > At 05:10 PM 4/19/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> > >On Sat, 2003-04-19 at 07:06, Joey Kelly wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Windows CE, ME, & NT = CEMENT
> > > > Built like a rock and just as useful.
> > >
> > >I've got some bad news for you Joey:
> > >
> > >Look around you: there is cement, concrete & stone *everywhere*.
> > >Without them, civilization would not be...
> > >
> > >Ron
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