1533: A Wonderful and Rich Source of All Sorts of Early-16th C. Arms and Armor!

kronckew · 17th September 2012, 07:03 PM

there were more photos recovered from that sd, which also show the ancient digital cameras in use by the romans during the dacian wars.

nothing new under the sun

p.s. - that was a large capacity sd, it at one time held all the photos from caesar thru theodosius. sadly some had deteriorated and did not survive.

Matchlock · 17th September 2012, 09:45 PM

Just superb!

Please forgive a bloody Bavarian dope (Old Bavarian: Depp

)) for not knowing the abbreviation sd - could you please give the full explanation?

Thanks and best,
Michael

kronckew · 17th September 2012, 10:07 PM

my family were 'hamburgers'

with a few prussians thrown in for stoicism and a couple of austro-hungarians for the pastries & goulash. plattdeutsch was occasionally heard mixed in with hoch deutsch and a smattering of english when granny forgot the german word...

a SD card is a 'secure digital' solid state memory device.

and is used in digital cameras to store photos.

the romans were the masters of digital 'photography' which we now call 'mosaics', hence my somewhat cheeky excursion into fantasies above:

Matchlock · 18th September 2012, 02:27 PM

Thanks so much for that explanation, Kronckew,

I didn't realize either that mosaics consited of bits and bytes instead of pieces of stones!

m

kronckew · 18th September 2012, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matchlock

Thanks so much for that explanation, Kronckew,

I didn't realize either that mosaics consited of bits and bytes instead of pieces of stones!

m

each bit (of stone) was placed digitally (by fingers). (i don't think the pun translates well into german. digit also = finger in english)

roman 'beware the dog' door entrance from pompeii

my own english non-digital version for comparison:

Matchlock · 18th September 2012, 03:47 PM

Oh no,

The pun translates perfectly into German where finger is Finger too, and digit derives from Latin digitus anyway!

And: I understand, no digital bits in the analog photograph of your canis! Brilliant ...

kronckew · 18th September 2012, 04:20 PM

my forum signature, where forums allow it is

the 'radix lecti' is a loose translation of radix (root vegetable), and lecti (couch), into 'couch potato', the breed nickname of most greyhounds (schnellhund). usually it's listed as '40MPH couch potatoes' for them. or 64kph couch potatoes in the continental EU.

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kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,224	there were more photos recovered from that sd, which also show the ancient digital cameras in use by the romans during the dacian wars. nothing new under the sun p.s. - that was a large capacity sd, it at one time held all the photos from caesar thru theodosius. sadly some had deteriorated and did not survive. Last edited by kronckew; 17th September 2012 at 07:18 PM.

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kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,224	my family were 'hamburgers' with a few prussians thrown in for stoicism and a couple of austro-hungarians for the pastries & goulash. plattdeutsch was occasionally heard mixed in with hoch deutsch and a smattering of english when granny forgot the german word... a SD card is a 'secure digital' solid state memory device. and is used in digital cameras to store photos. the romans were the masters of digital 'photography' which we now call 'mosaics', hence my somewhat cheeky excursion into fantasies above: Attached Images

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kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,224	my forum signature, where forums allow it is the 'radix lecti' is a loose translation of radix (root vegetable), and lecti (couch), into 'couch potato', the breed nickname of most greyhounds (schnellhund). usually it's listed as '40MPH couch potatoes' for them. or 64kph couch potatoes in the continental EU. Last edited by kronckew; 18th September 2012 at 04:30 PM.

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Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Just superb! Please forgive a bloody Bavarian dope (Old Bavarian: Depp )) for not knowing the abbreviation sd - could you please give the full explanation? Thanks and best, Michael

18th September 2012, 02:27 PM	#4
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Thanks so much for that explanation, Kronckew, I didn't realize either that mosaics consited of bits and bytes instead of pieces of stones! m

18th September 2012, 03:47 PM	#6
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Oh no, The pun translates perfectly into German where finger is Finger too, and digit derives from Latin digitus anyway! And: I understand, no digital bits in the analog photograph of your canis! Brilliant ...