OT; Corning technology

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Confusious (Richard Kreiss) say:
> 
> As in "how were the pyramids built?"

There was a special (I think on Discovery, maybe PBS) about them trying to
erect one of the obelisks by hand, using only the technology that would
have existed in Ancient Egypt.

To say it didn't go well is an understatement.  And the obelisk wasn't even
full size.  I want to say it was like 1/10 or 1/5 scale.

The pyramids...the ramp theory makes about as much physical sense as the
Easter Island statue moving theories, which is to day it falls short in
practise.  I've seen specials on the latter, and I wasn't buying that,
either.  They didn't have very good luck replicating Easter Island's
activities, and that was -minus- the extra hats that go on.

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