Comments on: Lessons from the Ancient World http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2008/04/lessons-from-the-ancient-world/ Challenging your thinking, pushing your imagination, creating the future Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:41:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Pat Naughtin http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2008/04/lessons-from-the-ancient-world/comment-page-1/#comment-6544 Pat Naughtin Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:10:52 +0000 http://www.futuristspeaker.com/?p=32#comment-6544 Dear Thomas Frey, You wrote about the half-implemented metric system. You might be interested in this article: http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/CostOfNonMetrication.pdf Cheers, Pat Naughtin Geelong. Australia P.S. Your reference to the 'half-implemented metric system' probably understates the real position. Try not using the metric system at all; you could use this article to get you started: http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/DontUseMetric.pdf Dear Thomas Frey,

You wrote about the half-implemented metric system. You might be interested in this article: http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/CostOfNonMetrication.pdf

Cheers,

Pat Naughtin
Geelong. Australia

P.S. Your reference to the ‘half-implemented metric system’ probably understates the real position. Try not using the metric system at all; you could use this article to get you started: http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/DontUseMetric.pdf

]]> By: cantubury http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2008/04/lessons-from-the-ancient-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2972 cantubury Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:05:30 +0000 http://www.futuristspeaker.com/?p=32#comment-2972 Maybe the Romans had the numeral system maintained to restrain growth, invention and innovation.Latin was used and died, except for what other languages used for beginnings and endings etymology. Math seems to be the magical key to understanding why goldfish have a 3 second memory and strings vibrate butterfly wings causing global destruction from thousands of miles away and the sun reverses its magnetic poles and causes sunspots disabling our satellites. Scientific discovery is the why and math seems to be the how. The Greeks also taxed the citizens to death, opened endless wars and entertained the people with "circuses and bread"-free grain, and in our case TV. It kept people happy while the government went on with no controls. Could we be on that path by not making education free and teaching free thinking skills? you decide Maybe the Romans had the numeral system maintained to restrain growth, invention and innovation.Latin was used and died, except for what other languages used for beginnings and endings etymology. Math seems to be the magical key to understanding why goldfish have a 3 second memory and strings vibrate butterfly wings causing global destruction from thousands of miles away and the sun reverses its magnetic poles and causes sunspots disabling our satellites. Scientific discovery is the why and math seems to be the how. The Greeks also taxed the citizens to death, opened endless wars and entertained the people with “circuses and bread”-free grain, and in our case TV. It kept people happy while the government went on with no controls. Could we be on that path by not making education free and teaching free thinking skills? you decide

]]> By: bobbyhill http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2008/04/lessons-from-the-ancient-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2917 bobbyhill Mon, 25 May 2009 16:03:36 +0000 http://www.futuristspeaker.com/?p=32#comment-2917 thanks this really helped me with my roman numeral project i have.:) My teacher gives them to us like every week. It a little difficult keeping up but 3 weeks till schools out so this will probrably be the last one because of finals then we are free for 2 months thanks this really helped me with my roman numeral project i have.:) My teacher gives them to us like every week. It a little difficult keeping up but 3 weeks till schools out so this will probrably be the last one because of finals then we are free for 2 months

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