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Originally Posted by monkeyman
I have it recorded. I'm going to watch it this weekend.
I always enjoy Nova programming.
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NOVA is great as a taster to get me more interested in certain subjects and then learn more. I thought this episode was really good.
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Originally Posted by nik-
That segment about scanning the carbonized scroll, using the metal in the ink to differentiate from paper, and then building each layer digitally and unrolling them to read it literally blew my mind.
What an incredible process.
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Yeah...I really liked how they broached that as part of their process where the original guys were eyeballing it at their desks with a smoke and a beer and they just shut it down until technology progressed to the point where they could safely and accurately analyze the scrolls.
That process was so, so cool.
"How is that going to work?"
Its basically Magic.