Tuesday, February 9, 2010

The Dresden Codex




The finest 'on-line' representation of this Mayan Codex that I've seen. Not that I understand Mayan hieroglyphics you understand, I just like to stare in wonder while trying to imagine myself in that day, age, and location. Whether ancient or modern I find that a good exercise for keeping my aging mind open. Walking a mile in another's shoes so to speak. You might visit the main page and scroll down as well, lots of interesting art in its various forms.
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  1. LutherFebruary 9, 2010 at 8:00 PM

    Fay, I remembered the label, and even the title. Yay for me. :)

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  2. monkeyweatherFebruary 9, 2010 at 8:51 PM

    Luther, I saw a program on this...it was quite interesting. The men who had managed to translate some of the hieroglyphs in South America came up against quite a lot of opposition from the establishment (men who had tried previously and all who had believed them at the time).
    Funny how there seems to be no field of science (or whatever) that allows for new ideas, even when the past ideas were only theories, never proven. Those hieroglyph battles were same as all the rest - just vicious.

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  3. FayFebruary 9, 2010 at 8:53 PM

    "I remembered the label, and even the title. Yay for me. :)"

    GOLD Star for Luther!

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  4. RadioMattMFebruary 9, 2010 at 8:59 PM

    I thought he was talking about an old record. I was wondering, "What does THAT have to do with the post?"

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  5. LutherFebruary 9, 2010 at 9:01 PM

    "just vicious."

    Science at its essence?

    And how it should be, perhaps. Witness global whatever. Outliers deemed as heretics.

    Hey, Fay, thanks for the Gold Star. :)
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  6. lady redFebruary 10, 2010 at 8:16 AM

    I spent quite some time at your link last night, Luther. It's really fascinating!

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  7. LutherFebruary 10, 2010 at 10:28 AM

    Glad you enjoyed it, Lady Red. It is a fascinating site for sure... sometimes I just love this internet thingy. Though to think, I did once have an actual, real, life. :)

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  8. lady redFebruary 10, 2010 at 10:46 AM

    I wanted to be an archaeologist once upon a time (when I wasn't dreaming of being an astronomer). I'm still intrigued by stuff like this, and I'd like to participate in a "dig" when I retire, somewhere far away and exotic. :)

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  9. LutherFebruary 10, 2010 at 12:31 PM

    Hahaha... yes, me too. On top of many other interesting fields of endeavor.

    I went to the Tucson Gem and Mineral show this past weekend. It's just something special to hold a 2 billion year old rock in your hand. The one I'm thinking of was from when the earth first became oxygenated and the iron within had rusted.

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  10. monkeyweatherFebruary 10, 2010 at 1:23 PM

    Science at its essence?
    And how it should be, perhaps. Witness global whatever. Outliers deemed as heretics.
    One thing that bugs about that is how the people who believe in manmade global warming are allowed to define the terms used - notice how when they switched to "climate change" everyone just went along with it? And how the term "climate change skeptics" stuck so quickly? A more accurate couple of terms would have been "manmade global warming believers" and "normal people with brains". One isn't a skeptic just because one refuses to believe a debunked myth.
    I spose it is the same with abortion. "Pro choice" was chosen to minimize the connection to murder, to infanticide. It would be more accurate to call it "pro murder" or "pro infanticide", but everyone cooperates and uses the terminology designed by the ones on the wrong side.

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  11. LutherFebruary 10, 2010 at 3:03 PM

    Yep. An Alinsky tactic I think. If you can control the language, or intent/meaning, you can control the dialog to suit your needs. Though "normal people with brains"... hahaha... LOL!

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  12. monkeyweatherFebruary 10, 2010 at 8:35 PM

    Exactly, Luther. Obama was considered to be one of the best and brightest of the Saul Alinsky tactics by his mentor.
    Though "normal people with brains"... hahaha... LOL!
    :O) It is funny, isn't it? I mean, do you consider yourself to be a Leprechaun Skeptic? Or a Boogeyman Skeptic? Of course not. If something patently does not exist or has been found and proven to be a fabricated falsehood, we don't go about calling people who don't believe in that particular myth/lie "skeptics". They are just normal regular people.

    It's the believers in the myth/lie that are abnormal and could carry a title like Lunatic Leprechaun Syndrome Sufferers, or Manmade Global Warming Disease Victims.

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  13. LutherFebruary 10, 2010 at 9:25 PM

    "Manmade Global Warming Disease Victims"

    MGWDV... I just felt a compulsion to make that an acronym. Too bad it doesn't 'ring'.

    But you're right, MW. The world has been turned on its head. With words and their intent having been taken over by those who could care less about any of it.

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  14. lady redFebruary 11, 2010 at 6:28 AM

    >"It's the believers in the myth/lie that are abnormal and could carry a title like Lunatic Leprechaun Syndrome Sufferers, or Manmade Global Warming Disease Victims.

    LMAO! Good ones, MW! I agree with you wholeheartedly.

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  15. floranistaFebruary 12, 2010 at 2:41 PM

    Isn't that just amazing! And to think it's survived 800 years...

    Interesting site, Luther, thanks for linking to them.

    "Not that I understand Mayan hieroglyphics you understand, I just like to stare in wonder while trying to imagine myself in that day, age, and location. Whether ancient or modern I find that a good exercise for keeping my aging mind open."

    I couldn't agree more, that's why I like to do crossword and logic puzzles (especially after I found my car keys in the hot pad drawer).

    *sigh*

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