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Simon Waters wrote: > tom wrote: > >> >> In fact - without office >> software they must have been completely unproductive. Perhaps cathedrals >> should be re-examined under conspiracy theory rules - they simply cannot >> have existed without several thousands of billions of transistors >> sending pdfs back and forward at the speed of light! >> > > Simon observes that the stone spire on Norwich cathedral was added > (~1480) after the invention of the printing press (~1440). Unlike the > previous spires (wooden), which had a habit of falling down (if you can > call once or twice a century a habit). > > So one of our most "complete Norman buildings" is definitely a product > of conspiracy or the modern information era. > I think printing probably contributed about the same as MS office did to the construction of the spire. I think it probably went up before the scribes could print manuals on how to do it which is why it got up and is still there! Later cathedral building will prove this ! Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html