Todays APOD - Very interesting reading.

[TheDecepticon]

I was reading about this today after being alerted to it being an APOD. A good write up can be found on Wiki.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100131.html

[Octane]

I read APOD before I go to bed every night.

I looked at it last night and couldn't sleep very well as the thoughts of that image and text were running through my head the entire time. I think what bothered me the most was the sentence which exclaimed that it was written in an unknown language 400-600 years ago. I thought we would have accounted for pretty much all languages since that time...

Quite a number of people believe it to be a hoax.

Was discussing this with the guy's at work today.

Some lady reckons she's decoded the manuscript (well, parts of it, anyway). It was on /. a few weeks ago.

I hope it's a real manuscript.

H

[TheDecepticon]

Yes, it is a very interesting piece of history, for sure!! When I showed it to my wife, the first thing she said was it looks like it's written backwards. Some very clever people have looked at this document, I'm sure they've tried to read it every which way. Am trying to download the whole manuscript for a look from a russian site, but not had a lot of luck all day.

[spacezebra]

Interesting reading. Yes, I agree I hope it is real.

Cheers Petra d.

[duncan]

That has nothing to do with our Solar System! Visitors are coming soon, REAL SOON!!!!

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::rofl ::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:


No seriously i hope it is real and not a hoax as well.

Cheers:thumbsup:

[Manav]

Just finished reading up in wikipedia sounds interesting but I do get the feeling that it might be a hoax....

[Esseth]

Yeah i have decoded this and it states that the world in going to turn into a giant fireball in 2012

[Ric]

I was reading that yesterday.

It certainly was an interesting read.

Cheers

[Stuart78]

You might be right there are 21 stars surrounding the circle, maybe
represents the 21st century lol..:eyepop:

[Jen]

:eyepop::eyepop: holly crap im gonna party up from now to then :lol::lol:

[pgc hunter]

Perfect excuse to quit my job and get wasted 24/7 on UDLs and pink Cruisers!

[Jen]

:lol::lol: yeah thats a new excuse ;) i havnt used that one yet, sounds like a great idea to me :lol:

[kinetic]

Another puzzle from the past and a damn good read is this
one, about the Antikythera Mechanism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism

Steve

[freespace]

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/voynich_manuscript.png (http://xkcd.com/593/)