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by billd89
Thu Jan 04, 2024 5:38 am
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Silphion/Silphium, reportedly Rediscovered
Replies: 0
Views: 1394

Silphion/Silphium, reportedly Rediscovered

https://greekreporter.com/2024/01/03/plant-ancient-greece-rediscovered/ ... (4) 'Cyrenean' (Κυρηναῖον) // A Plant Stalk (Famous Association) // 'Hyssop' (ὕσσωπον) This item is one of the three things thrown into the burning sacrifice of the heifer, and thus we are interested to know if we can identi...
by billd89
Thu Jan 04, 2024 4:50 am
Forum: Other Texts and History
Topic: An eBay Steal!
Replies: 2
Views: 20168

40quid was Too Much

Sold as scrap metal! https://news.artnet.com/art-world/british-museum-independent-review-complete-after-massive-theft-2407800 According to a press release announcing the completion of the review, the museum has identified about 1,500 items classified as missing or stolen. Around 350 items in the mus...
by billd89
Thu Jan 04, 2024 4:03 am
Forum: Other Texts and History
Topic: AI Image Funnies
Replies: 5
Views: 19778

AI generates garbage

This article is poorly written, doesn't describe what's wrong here. The AI model employed is rubbish: it fails to generate any meaningful symbols, much less anything of the Artist's vision (i.e. the symbolism from his other paintings) -- absolutely nothing of the wit, insight, alarm, etc. Also: Hari...
by billd89
Mon Jan 01, 2024 5:14 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Philo's Fragments
Replies: 3
Views: 913

Bing AI finds This Material Alarming!

Input: Ὅταν ἄνθρωπος κατορθώσῃ βίον ἐνάρετον δι' ἀσκήσεως, καὶ ἀγαθῆς πολιτείας, καὶ ἔστιν ὑπὸ πάντων ἐγνωσμένος, ὅτι ἔστιν εὐσεβὴς καὶ φοβούμενος τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ ἐκπέσῃ εἰς ἁμαρτίαν, τοῦτό ἐστι παράπτωμα. Ἀνῆλθεν γὰρ εἰς τὸ ὕψος τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ πέπτωκεν εἰς τὸν πυθμένα τοῦ ᾅδου. I had to enter a Spe...
by billd89
Mon Jan 01, 2024 4:25 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Philo's Fragments
Replies: 3
Views: 913

Philo's Fragments

Can anyone help? I would like to see these in the original (Greek? Armenian?): Peter's Site : {Yonge's edition includes numerous miscellaneous fragments including From the Parallels of John of Damascus (which includes Greek fragments from Quaestiones in Genesis et Exodum , whose translation is gener...
by billd89
Mon Jan 01, 2024 6:16 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: The Ghost in the Machine is heeeeeeerre ....
Replies: 2
Views: 8413

Silicon Valley's "AI movement" is cult-like

No one is stopping these dangerous nihilists, who want to 'break stuff'.

https://www.businessinsider.com/effecti ... ai-2023-12
by billd89
Sun Dec 31, 2023 9:34 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Narrative of Zosimos, and the History of the Rechabites
Replies: 6
Views: 3017

Re: The Calendar of Therapeutae

I want to focus on the question of Time, here. Specifically, on the putative 'Calendar of the Therapeutae'. How many days was the cycle? I suppose it was 7x7 = 49 Days of Time, plus 3 Days of Eternity , so: (3 days + (7x7 days)) x 7 = 364 Days in One Full Cycle. Brian McNeil, "Narration of Zosi...
by billd89
Sun Dec 31, 2023 9:31 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Narrative of Zosimos, and the History of the Rechabites
Replies: 6
Views: 3017

Re: The Calendar of Therapeutae

* Accidentally Edited OP, sorry.