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Post by Onzy on Nov 30, 2010 18:36:36 GMT
SCIENCE
After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, British scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 150 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the Brit's, in the weeks that followed, an American archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, a story published in the New York Times:
"American archaeologists, finding traces of 250-year-old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network 50 years earlier than the British".
One week later, the Cape Times, in South Africa, reported the following:
"After digging as deep as 30 feet in his backyard in Thabazimbi, South Africa, Lucky Simelane, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely fu#k all (aziko).
Lucky has therefore concluded that 250 years ago, Africa had already gone wireless."
Doesn’t that make you bloody proud to be an African?!
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Post by Lottii on Nov 30, 2010 18:45:02 GMT
I rather like this. Not only is it amusing it has some quite clever undertones of jumping to conclusions and people trying to outdo each other. aziko?
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Post by Onzy on Nov 30, 2010 18:54:31 GMT
Means "Bugger all/Nothing/Nada" in Zulu I think.
It's actually quite smart. It's always like that. Everyone tries to one up another.
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Post by Lottii on Nov 30, 2010 19:29:27 GMT
Ah okay. Yes, if I apply my Critical Thinking class ideas here, Lucky's conclusion is so flawed and fallacious it's rather amazing xD I love that he is called Lucky
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Post by Onzy on Nov 30, 2010 19:31:42 GMT
There are interesting names here. Lucky, Hopeful, Precious etc. It's quite an interesting place I'll tell you that much.
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