tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post1873007277559318627..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: 'The greatest curse brought down on us by technology...'Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-51688312606199444132013-06-12T00:56:08.983+01:002013-06-12T00:56:08.983+01:00Awesome pictures and interesting information and a...Awesome pictures and interesting information and attractive.This blog is really rocking…Laser Drill Micro Vias PCBhttp://www.rushpcb.com/PCB/LaserDrillMicroVias.aspxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-18421504198381150332013-05-18T18:53:44.218+01:002013-05-18T18:53:44.218+01:00Ah that's rather wonderful - thanks Anonymous!...Ah that's rather wonderful - thanks Anonymous!Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-72880049542743795472013-05-18T18:29:20.702+01:002013-05-18T18:29:20.702+01:00People have been complaining about the effects of ...People have been complaining about the effects of technological progress on human freedom for a lot longer than Zweig. Here's Aquilius on the proliferation of sundials.<br /><br /><br />Ut illum di perdant primus qui horas repperit<br /><br />quique adeo primus statuit his solarium:<br /><br />qui mihi comminuit misero articulatim diem.<br /><br />-<br /><br />Nam unum me puero venter erat solarium<br /><br />multo omnium istorum optimum et verissimum<br /><br />ubi is non monebat esse nisi cum nil erat?<br /><br />-<br /><br />Nunc etiam cum est non estur nisi soli libet<br /><br />itaqu adeo iam oppletum oppidum est solarius<br /><br />maior pars populi ut aridi reptent fame<br /><br />( May the Gods destroy the first one who divided up the hours<br /><br /> and who therefore first set up a sundial-clock here<br /><br /> which pains me by dividing up the hours of the day<br /><br /> -<br /><br /> For since I was a boy my one clock was my belly<br /><br /> and it is the best and the truest of of all of them<br /><br /> did he not tell me to eat only when he was empty?<br /><br /> -<br /><br /> But now though there is [food], it is not eaten, unless it please the sun<br /><br /> And so the city is filled with clocks<br /><br /> While the better part of the people crawl about in hunger.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com