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

On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 11:11, Dustin Puryear wrote:
> 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!

According to that timeline, the Romans were the 1st to purposefully
create concrete.

Yes, earlier civilizations used mortar and cement, but cement is *not*
the same as concrete.

http://matse1.mse.uiuc.edu/~tw/concrete/glos.html

> 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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