Belted Posted October 2, 2013 Member ID: 1620 Group: ++ COD5 Admin Followers: 90 Topic Count: 161 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1430 Content Per Day: 0.27 Reputation: 928 Achievement Points: 11072 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 07/28/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 3, 2024 Birthday: 03/24/1962 Device: Windows Posted October 2, 2013 This is totally amazing! http://www.chonday.com/Videos/the-writer-automaton Take care... -cracken- , WiZiD, djMot and 8 others 11 Awards
daMike Posted October 2, 2013 Member ID: 1011 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 5 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 532 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 318 Achievement Points: 3254 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 17, 2024 Birthday: 02/10/1962 Device: Windows Posted October 2, 2013 well - not quite as fast as a modern writer but amazing the invention is that old. Belted 1 Awards
JohnnyDos Posted October 2, 2013 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.31 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Posted October 2, 2013 This is the kind of stuff I like to see,nice post Belted.Makes me wonder how in the hell they could machine things that fine at that date in time and then synchronize it. Blackbart, Belted, codpiece and 1 other 4
NITRO Posted October 2, 2013 Member ID: 1095 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 34 Topic Count: 101 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3639 Content Per Day: 0.65 Reputation: 2460 Achievement Points: 24702 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 02/06/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 03/23/1979 Device: iPhone Posted October 2, 2013 Awesome Awards
little_old_man Posted October 2, 2013 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Posted October 2, 2013 I've always been amazed by early watchmakers and their abilities. That was incredible. Great find thanks for showing us. Belted 1 Awards
LordOfChaos Posted October 2, 2013 Member ID: 3174 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 100 Topic Count: 78 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2162 Content Per Day: 0.45 Reputation: 1645 Achievement Points: 17423 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/03/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 27, 2017 Birthday: 07/24/1957 Posted October 2, 2013 Very cool indeed.
hxtr Posted October 2, 2013 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 2.96 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129714 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Posted October 2, 2013 That was freaking amazing. The first programmable computer. It is amazing what people could do before facebook, candy crunch, internet porn, Pee Ditty and Jersey Shore. I would challenge that no one on this earth today would be able to create such a thing. That would have taken years of watch making experience and thousands of dedicated hours to create such a thing.
Blackbart Posted October 2, 2013 Member ID: 51 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 342 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5974 Content Per Day: 1.04 Reputation: 3766 Achievement Points: 45818 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2021 Birthday: 06/26/1949 Posted October 2, 2013 In our smugness we think we are intellectualy superior to our ancestors...The modern technologies that make our life easier is built on the works of those that came before us...Take those technologies away and our raw intellect pales in comparison to them... :) Belted, TBB, hxtr and 1 other 4 Awards
hxtr Posted October 2, 2013 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 2.96 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129714 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Posted October 2, 2013 In our smugness we think we are intellectualy superior to our ancestors...The modern technologies that make our life easier is built on the works of those that came before us...Take those technologies away and our raw intellect pales in comparison to them... :) Totally agree Bart. I think tyechnology by far has more of a negative effect on our long term goal of survival as a spices than any illness ever could. Just look at the Romans.. 5000 years and all that technology and still failed from within. Never thought I would see real zombies before until I started seeing kids and adults with smart phones. Belted 1
Hunter1948 Posted October 2, 2013 Member ID: 1850 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 328 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8620 Content Per Day: 1.62 Reputation: 4222 Achievement Points: 55994 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 09/29/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 06/19/1948 Posted October 2, 2013 That was really cool thanks. Awards
ViPRZ Posted October 2, 2013 Member ID: 2978 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1657 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 1107 Achievement Points: 26123 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/11/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 09/23/1970 Device: Windows Posted October 2, 2013 Amazing..great find Belted Awards
7Toes Posted October 2, 2013 Member ID: 87 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 58 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3789 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 3589 Achievement Points: 27251 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2022 Birthday: 04/02/1871 Posted October 2, 2013 that is some cool stuff there''' Awards
TBB Posted October 2, 2013 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 290 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 20404 Content Per Day: 3.65 Reputation: 22461 Achievement Points: 147463 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 390 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 8 hours ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: Windows Posted October 2, 2013 Amazing. Awards
BigPapaDean Posted October 2, 2013 Member ID: 1128 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1210 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6553 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4430 Achievement Points: 63653 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18 Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Posted October 2, 2013 (edited) This is the kind of stuff I like to see,nice post Belted.Makes me wonder how in the hell they could machine things that fine at that date in time and then synchronize it. Johnny you need to remember this was back when math was an exact science. Everything they did as far as this kind of thing was done so with math. Not so unlike today. You see math is older than the human race! I am not a math mathematician, but I have worked as a machinist and a welder, as well as a carpenter. Fields which all depend on math to accomplish what they do. It is quite astonishing that a human actually figured it out. Yet humans have dreamed of doing things and inventing things beyond some of our imaginations today. There is an old proverb that talks about this. Ecclesiastes 1:9New International Version (NIV) 9 "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun!" Interesting when you actually think about it huh? Edited October 2, 2013 by BigPapaDean Awards
concours Posted October 2, 2013 Member ID: 5839 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 31 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 204 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 121 Achievement Points: 1606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/02/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 30, 2023 Birthday: 07/01/1957 Posted October 2, 2013 great post belted !! never forget the early geniuses as we would be as nothing without their groundbreaking work and their courage to prove their beliefs were true and not some kind of witchery. Awards
djMot Posted October 2, 2013 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 357 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 5257 Content Per Day: 1.09 Reputation: 11146 Achievement Points: 48948 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 114 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 13 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Posted October 2, 2013 An amazing achievement! Awards
Damage_inc- Posted October 3, 2013 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Posted October 3, 2013 i still cant conceive how we see all this on our computors and tv screens .honestly i cant comprhend the technology just like that fancy clock boy..got me how this techmology shit works.fkg amazing hxtr 1 Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted October 3, 2013 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.70 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Posted October 3, 2013 That's the most beautiful machine I've ever seen. I wish I could go back and have a conversation with one of those clock makers. That would really make my day.
Leadfinger Posted October 3, 2013 Member ID: 4888 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 56 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2020 Content Per Day: 0.45 Reputation: 3795 Achievement Points: 26312 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 01/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 29, 2023 Birthday: 08/29/1962 Posted October 3, 2013 Great find Belted! Like others have stated the craftsmanship that goes into making a masterpiece like this is astonishing to say the least. Every single piece was made from raw materials and finished by hand. It is sad to see our future inventors, explorers and brilliant minds waste away focused on a TV, cell phone or video screen. Consider that 75 - 200 years ago when so many important inventions were conceived and created young people spent more time investigating the world around them discovering how things work. When so much curious brainpower not being used to develop new things our country is trouble. So now the question to everyone who is raising a young person, "What can you do to provide an atmosphere that makes a young person want to learn more about everything"? I can assure you that the creator of this incredible work of art Pierre Jaquet-Droz, had many interests and skills only obtained thru exploring everything. The ranch I work at is over 100 years old and sometimes I find myself in the barn or basement looking at devices and "thingamajigs" that were created to make some task easier and I am amazed. An example would be a Hay Baler . . . .omg all the parts and precision needed to bale up straw or grass would blow you away (well some of you . . .har !) It has been said that "Necessity breeds invention" (needing something forces creativity) If kids feel like they don't need anything then there is no reason create anything. Great Topic Belted Belted, eidolonFIRE and Blackbart 3 Awards
Dirk Diggler Posted October 4, 2013 Member ID: 98 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 68 Topic Count: 23 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 3583 Content Per Day: 0.63 Reputation: 1003 Achievement Points: 20683 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 6 hours ago Birthday: 05/29/1968 Device: Windows Posted October 4, 2013 Exemplary indeed........... Awards
spinpuppy Posted October 4, 2013 Member ID: 3682 Group: ++ COD5 Admin Followers: 58 Topic Count: 178 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1834 Content Per Day: 0.40 Reputation: 1747 Achievement Points: 14794 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/27/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 1 Birthday: 01/12/1960 Device: Android Posted October 4, 2013 truly, and I mean truly AMAZING! The time involved to make such a creation of this sort is almost unbelievable, I am so glad that this genius made it when he did!. I doubt anyone of today could do this mechanically any better than he! Belted 1 Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted October 4, 2013 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.70 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Posted October 4, 2013 Great find Belted! Like others have stated the craftsmanship that goes into making a masterpiece like this is astonishing to say the least. Every single piece was made from raw materials and finished by hand. It is sad to see our future inventors, explorers and brilliant minds waste away focused on a TV, cell phone or video screen. Consider that 75 - 200 years ago when so many important inventions were conceived and created young people spent more time investigating the world around them discovering how things work. When so much curious brainpower not being used to develop new things our country is trouble. So now the question to everyone who is raising a young person, "What can you do to provide an atmosphere that makes a young person want to learn more about everything"? I can assure you that the creator of this incredible work of art Pierre Jaquet-Droz, had many interests and skills only obtained thru exploring everything. The ranch I work at is over 100 years old and sometimes I find myself in the barn or basement looking at devices and "thingamajigs" that were created to make some task easier and I am amazed. An example would be a Hay Baler . . . .omg all the parts and precision needed to bale up straw or grass would blow you away (well some of you . . .har !) It has been said that "Necessity breeds invention" (needing something forces creativity) If kids feel like they don't need anything then there is no reason create anything. Great Topic Belted It's because science is being controlled by consumerism and industrialism... not creativity. This TED talk video will change the way you think about our school system! It's worth the 15 minutes out of your life!
LandShark Posted October 4, 2013 Member ID: 698 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 26 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1145 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 782 Achievement Points: 7232 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/06/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 15, 2024 Device: Windows Posted October 4, 2013 Rally awesome topic. Awards
BUDMAN Posted October 4, 2013 Member ID: 800 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 152 Topic Count: 139 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7099 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 4638 Achievement Points: 60376 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 11/27/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 05/29/1957 Device: Android Posted October 4, 2013 W0W.....THANKS for sharing Awards
Kamo7s Posted October 4, 2013 Member ID: 3132 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 20 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 323 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 459 Achievement Points: 3170 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 01/14/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 29, 2024 Birthday: 04/23/1971 Device: Windows Posted October 4, 2013 Let's not forget about Da Vinci's Mechanical Lion: http://youtu.be/xNWE2AdfNuo Or the amazing mechanical inventions of Heron of Alexandria: http://youtu.be/AT8eI7U6u4o There's also an illusion in magician circles called The Turk: Of course, there are people that claim there's a small person inside the cabinet playing the game using mirrors or something. I'm betting it's more like a player piano mechanism inside and the moves are rehearsed over and over with a plant in the audience. Still, it's an awesome piece of machinery. Awards
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