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[Antonio Carlini]

Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> I don't know what it's like in your worldview, but mine is
> filled with total morons, and I have little hope for the
> future. 

And that's just this list :-)

> So tell me then how to read the information from a Quipu. 
> It's a simple device: just a bunch of multi-colored knotted
> string.  If you can figure this out, there's a huge community
> of archaeologists who study the Incas who would erect a
> permanent shrine for you to celebrate your name for all
> eternity. 

The shrine may last a long time but within a few hundred
years they'll just forget how to read for whom it was 
erected!

Antonio



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Antonio Carlini arcarlini at iee.org