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Bell Labs and BSD

November 23rd, 2023

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 BSD (thing) See all of BSD, there is 1 more in this node. (thing) by nyte Tue May 14 2002 at 5:12:35 Unix was born in the womb of Bell Labs, then a division of AT&T, in 1969. Since then it has had a long and convoluted history resulting in a multitude of flavors and versions. One of the most dominant of Unix's progeny is FreeBSD, as well as its cousins NetBSD and OpenBSD. Prologue In 1969, Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others a...

Mondamin

November 15th, 2023

Mondamin (also given as Mon-Daw-Min, The Gift of Corn, and The Origin of Corn) is a tale from the Ojibwe Nation on how the people received corn from the Great Spirit through the vision quest of the young man, Wunzh, and his acts of selflessness. The story is understood by anthropologists to explain how the people adopted agriculture.To the Ojibwe themselves, however, the story is understood as cultural history. Whether a young man named Wunzh actually performed the deeds described and whether...

Hands

October 26th, 2023

ameriwire | Log Out | Preferences | Drafts | Help | Random You have 1 C! and 17 votes left today. chat | inbox Near Matches Ignore ExactFull TextFull Text Everything2 Hands (idea) See all of Hands, there is 1 more in this node. (idea) by momomom (4.4 hr) Rep: 15 ( +18 / -3 ) (Rep Graph) (+) Sat Dec 01 2001 at 2:53:43 Winesburg, Ohio A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life by Sherwood Anderson (1876 - 1941) ...

Containing Russia

October 16th, 2023

Alexander Kluge, Russia Container, trans. Alexander Booth (Chicago: Seagull Books, 2022). 392pp., £27.50 hb., 978 1 80309 065 8Russia Container is not a book about Russia. It’s about the images and stories that East Germans had of Soviet Russia before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and after. Alexander Kluge wrote it ‘on commission’ by his sister Alexandra Kluge, who, unlike her brother, lived in the German Democratic Republic after the separation of their parents. There Alexandra learnt...

Iconic English Sycamore Gap Tree Destroyed by Act of Vandalism

September 29th, 2023

Skip to main content . . . Greek Mythology Norse Mythology Ancient Egypt Ancient Rome Ancient Mesopotamia . All . . Home / News . . . . Updated 28 September, 2023 - 22:55 Nathan Falde England’s Iconic Sycamore Gap Tree Destroyed by Act of Vandalism Read Later Print In a thoughtless and ugly act of desecration, a person or persons cut down one of England’s most celebrated and historically significant trees. K...

Oracle of Delphi's Advice That Shaped Ancient Greece

September 28th, 2023

The Oracle of Delphi's Advice That Shaped Ancient Greece  Search  GreekReporter.comAncient GreeceThe Oracle of Delphi's Advice That Shaped Ancient Greece The Oracle of Delphi’s Advice That Shaped Ancient Greece By Philip Chrysopoulos September 28, 2023  Facebook  The ancient Greek oracle of Delphi has given some accurate advice or "prophecies" that actually shaped Ancient Greece. Image: Eugène Delacroix – Lycurgus ...

Ares Family

September 28th, 2023

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 Ares Family (person) See all of Ares Family, no other writeups in this node. (person) by zetes Mon Nov 06 2000 at 12:54:43 Ares Family Chart Family of Ares, god of war, according to Greek Mythology. See also: Titans and Olympians Zeus -&- Hera (their only offspring) Ares -&- (many mates, listed below with offspring) -&- Demonice (Daughter of Calydonian lord Agenor) Evenus -&- ?? ...

Letting the Unspoken Speak: A Reading List of Historical Trauma in Fiction

September 23rd, 2023

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Penelope etymology

September 11th, 2023

Penelope fem. proper name, name of the faithful wife in the "Odyssey," from Greek Pēnelopē, Pēnelopeia, which is perhaps related to pēne "thread on the bobbin," from pēnos "web," cognate with Latin pannus "cloth garment" (see pane (n.)). But Beekes suggests rather a connection with pēnelops "duck or wild goose with colored neck." Used in English as the type of the virtuous wife (1580) as it was in Latin.From etymonline.comrelatedly:pane (n.)mid-13c., "garment, cloak, mantle; a part of a ga...

Explanation for Everything - A Witty, Multi-Faceted Study of a Manufactured Controversy

September 7th, 2023

If we’ve learned anything from the last few years of polarized political discourse surrounding everything from gun control to gender identity, it’s that when somebody pulls out the "won’t somebody please think of the children" card, the children are rarely the first thing on their mind. Even as it plays out on a specifically Hungarian social landscape, the satire of Gábor Reisz’s astute, drily funny third feature "Explanation for Everything" — in which an underachieving high-schooler becomes ...

Dahomey

September 6th, 2023

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 Dahomey (place) See all of Dahomey, no other writeups in this node. (place) by Gritchka Sat Feb 24 2001 at 17:09:38 A kingdom in West Africa, founded in the early 1600s and reaching its height in the mid 1800s. It was defeated by the French in the 1890s and annexed. It became an independent republic in 1960, and the name was changed to Benin in 1975: see there for the modern country. There are several legends of foundation, one of...

Stealing Reason from God - Theft in Time Bandits and The Fisher King

August 31st, 2023

Time Bandits (1981) | Avco Embassy Pictures> Theft as metaphor/metaphor as theftWho is the God of the white man of the midwestern United States? And once we know who God is, we have to ask: does he have anything worth nicking? Former American Terry Gilliam has directed 12½ feature films, all of them fantastical reflections of our society and its foibles. Gilliam is the most cynical fantasist in cinema, and his surreal, misty films often put our own bad behavior on display. Gilliam crafts a sh...

Origin of Noah’s Ark Story

July 13th, 2023

SEE: https://youtu.be/y2T-QeVY8mUUnveil the enthralling origins of the Biblical flood story in this captivating documentary. Delve into the ancient Mesopotamian flood myths, including the Sumerian flood myth, Atrahasis Epic, and Epic of Gilgamesh, and witness the undeniable connections to the iconic tale of Noah. From shared themes to linguistic correlations, we explore the rich tapestry of these ancient narratives, shedding light on their profound influence on the Genesis flood account.Join ...

Troy before The Iliad

July 13th, 2023

From wavelength.ai The Hittite texts provide some insights into the stories surrounding Troy, although they are not as detailed as the later accounts found in the Iliad and other Greek sources. These texts mention a city called Wilusa, which is believed to be the Hittite name for Troy. The stories depicted in these texts involve conflicts and alliances between various kingdoms in the region. One of the most significant Hittite texts is the Tawagalawa Letter, which is a correspondence betwee...

Indiana Jones: The Antikythera, the Ark, and the Fact and Fiction Behind the Movies

July 4th, 2023

Along with Harrison Ford’s iconic character’s exploits cracking whips, globetrotting, wearing a fedora and leather jacket regardless of climate, and — we cannot emphasize this enough — punching Nazis, what turned audiences into voracious fan of Indiana Jones is how the treasure hunter would pursue artifacts that belong in a museum (preferably a museum in the area whence the artifact originated). What we love about Indiana Jones is how the franchise tapped into real-world archaeological di...

No writer can touch sir Walter Scott - Joyce and the Wizard of the North

June 16th, 2023

https://blog.oup.com/2023/06/there-is-no-writer-can-touch-sir-walter-scott-joyce-and-the-wizard-of-the-north/"There is no writer can touch sir Walter Scott": Joyce and the Wizard of the NorthWhile Walter Scott was one of the greatest novelists of nineteenth-century literature, at least in terms of sales, James Joyce was probably the major novelist of the twentieth century in terms of impact and influence. According to Joyce’s brother Stanislaus, the Irish writer "couldn’t stand" the Scot’s wo...

Book Review: Letterpress Revolution: The Politics of Anarchist Print Culture by Kathy Ferguson

June 12th, 2023

In Letterpress Revolution: The Politics of Anarchist Print Culture, Kathy Ferguson considers the ways in which printers bolstered anarchist movements across the US and UK from the late nineteenth century to the 1940s. More than just a means of spreading ideas, Ferguson posits printing, writing and reading as radical, creative acts essential to community-building within anarchist movements, writes Layla Saleh. Letterpress Revolution: The Politics of Anarchist Print Culture. Kathy Ferguson...

Spring of Easter - Unveiling its Pagan Past and Christian Present

June 9th, 2023

Welcome to a insightful documentary, "The Spring of Easter: Unveiling its Pagan Past and Christian Present." In this captivating exploration, we journey through time to uncover the rich history and varied traditions that have shaped Easter, a significant holiday celebrated around the world. Easter's origins are a fascinating tapestry woven from both pagan and Christian beliefs, and this film aims to unravel that tapestry thread by thread. We delve into the history of Easter, tracing its roots...

Spring of Easter - Unveiling its Pagan Past and Christian Present

June 9th, 2023

A Summary and Analysis of the Trojan Horse Myth

June 8th, 2023

What was the Trojan Horse? The Trojan Horse the hollow wooden horse in which Greek soldiers concealed themselves so they could enter Troy without arousing suspicion. The Trojan Horse was offered to the city of Troy as a gift, but when the Trojans took the wooden horse inside the city gates, the Greeks who had secreted themselves within the wooden structure came out and were thus able to attack Troy from within. As is so often the case with stories from ancient myth, the term Trojan hors...

Medieval comedy performance discovered in 15th century manuscript

June 3rd, 2023

An unprecedented record of medieval live comedy performance has been identified in a 15th-century manuscript. Raucous texts – mocking kings, priests and peasants; encouraging audiences to get drunk; and shocking them with slapstick – shed new light on Britain’s famous sense of humour and the role played by minstrels in medieval society. The texts contain the earliest recorded use of ‘red herring’ in English, extremely rare forms of medieval literature, as well as a killer rabbit worthy o...

The Influence of Ancient Graeco-Roman Mystery Cults on Early Christianity

April 28th, 2023

Funerary stele of Licinia Amias on marble. One of the earliest Christian inscriptions found, it comes from the early 3rd century Vatican necropolis area in Rome. It contains the text ΙΧΘΥϹ ΖΩΝΤΩΝ ("fish of the living"), a predecessor of the Ichthys symbol. / Photo courtesy National Roman Museum, Wikimedia CommonsDid what initiates once heard and saw in the Mysteries transform into the historical Jesus?By Dr. Jan N. BremmerVisiting Research ScholarInstitute for the Study of the Ancient WorldNe...

What Really Happened to the Colonies of Atlantis and Lemuria | Gaia

February 22nd, 2023

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Amarna Letters

February 3rd, 2023

Amarna LettersSourceURL: https://www.worldhistory.org/Amarna_Letters/ .cls-1{fill:#231f20;}.cls-2{fill:#b52600;}.cls-3{fill:#fff;}" style="-webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased;text-rendering:optimizeLegibility;"/> Amarna Letters Definition by Priscila Scoville published on 06 November 2015 Listen to this article Available in other languages: Greek, French, Spanish The Amarna Letters Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin (Copyright) The Amarna Letters are a body of 14th-century BCE correspondenc...

Cato Street conspiracy

February 1st, 2023

Cato Street conspiracy (idea) See all of Cato Street conspiracy, no other writeups in this node. The Cato Street Conspiracy was a plot to assassinate the entire British cabinet on the evening of the 23rd February 1820, an act that the conspirators believed would precipitate the revolutionary overthrow of the established order. The Background Many of the ideas unleashed by the French Revolution of 1789 found support across the channel in Great Britain. One of the leading English J...

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