tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post113313055353290008..comments2023-11-02T12:15:47.847+00:00Comments on Quinquireme: Lost Language Geekerypatroclushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1133183095034188952005-11-28T13:04:00.000+00:002005-11-28T13:04:00.000+00:00Although LC has given me a fabulous idea, in which...Although LC has given me a fabulous idea, in which everyone can participate! Oh yes. It'll be like a fun party game, but with serious consequences for the British archaeological record. The best sort of party game, I find.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1133175167679604152005-11-28T10:52:00.000+00:002005-11-28T10:52:00.000+00:00The whole matrilinear thing is only a theory, buil...The whole matrilinear thing is only a theory, built on very shaky foundations too.<BR/><BR/>Oh, so much to say, so little time...patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1133173992408733082005-11-28T10:33:00.000+00:002005-11-28T10:33:00.000+00:00matrilinear huh? I think you may need to learn ara...matrilinear huh? I think you may need to learn aramaic tooGreatSheElephanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589100964804729527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1133173489307846172005-11-28T10:24:00.000+00:002005-11-28T10:24:00.000+00:00You'll probably need some Doric as well - I can he...You'll probably need some Doric as well - I can help with that as ah kehn i' fiyn, yi kehn?Smathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01001981110308457546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1133137948186501162005-11-28T00:32:00.000+00:002005-11-28T00:32:00.000+00:00As McGinger the Pict said to me in a dream last ni...As McGinger the Pict said to me in a dream last night, "Hownwar ehhtryious jisgghour ahahaquarl". Was he right? <BR/><BR/>And how does the invented ramblings of a dead Jock fit in with your New Theory of Blogging? Now THERE's a Pulitzer Prize waiting to happen....<BR/><BR/>I have another theory - that the Word Verification words on Blogger are actually Pictish incantations to the Great God Haggis.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15749078367808883055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1133136430388013272005-11-28T00:07:00.000+00:002005-11-28T00:07:00.000+00:00The advantage you have over those losers who trans...The advantage you have over those losers who translated the Egyptian hieroglyphs is that you have access to modern technology like <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_network" REL="nofollow">neural networks</A> which are ideally suited to spotting patterns in information that humans are often likely to miss. Get yourself a cluster of linux servers and a volunteer programmer with a background in AI, and you'll have it cracked in no time I reckon.LChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796019564156060962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1133133583438383682005-11-27T23:19:00.000+00:002005-11-27T23:19:00.000+00:00Yes, it will. I have already set my Sky+ to recor...Yes, it will. I have already set my Sky+ to record 9pm on November 28th 2025 when Baroness Patroclus, celebrated rescuer of lost languages and patron saint of under-sung cryptographers, goes head to head with Sirs Ant and Dec in 'I'm a Cybergeek, Get Me Out Of Here* with her Bafta-award-winning series 'What Did The Picts Ever Do For Us?. <BR/><BR/>Haven't you got any Christmas cards to write? <BR/><BR/>* some hitherto undiscovered dimensioncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17061833787120469657noreply@blogger.com