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A very... epic comission for 
Jiskcar.
Love it. Very much. Love the character and lore.
This is a text description that Jiskcar gave us:
"The plot is inspired by the burning of the ancient Library of Alexandria.
Areikon is very patriotic. He believes his home country of Pretoria is superior to all others. He distrusts all foreign ideas. There is a university in his country that is collecting foreign books, and its professors are teaching the students about other cultures.
When Areikon returns home from conquering and crusading, he is shocked at the accepting attitude being preached by this university. Pretoria is a very militaristic nation, so he has a lot of power, and nobody dares defy him. He decides that the university must be destroyed. "
Jiskcar. Love it. Very much. Love the character and lore.
This is a text description that Jiskcar gave us:
"The plot is inspired by the burning of the ancient Library of Alexandria.
Areikon is very patriotic. He believes his home country of Pretoria is superior to all others. He distrusts all foreign ideas. There is a university in his country that is collecting foreign books, and its professors are teaching the students about other cultures.
When Areikon returns home from conquering and crusading, he is shocked at the accepting attitude being preached by this university. Pretoria is a very militaristic nation, so he has a lot of power, and nobody dares defy him. He decides that the university must be destroyed. "
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If I had a time machine, one of the first things I would do is to go to Alexandria with a pocket scanner and scan all the scrolls before it burns down.
Just think about it: the Archimedes Palimpsest* had the friggin calculus in it thousands of years before it was invented by modern mathematicians! How much else could have been lost in the ancient days?
* The only surviving copy was also bleached, cut to pieces and rebound to copy a - by the way totally insignificant - theological book onto it... :/
Just think about it: the Archimedes Palimpsest* had the friggin calculus in it thousands of years before it was invented by modern mathematicians! How much else could have been lost in the ancient days?
* The only surviving copy was also bleached, cut to pieces and rebound to copy a - by the way totally insignificant - theological book onto it... :/
Makes you wonder: if the information was all scanned (assume pdf), how many gigabytes would that take? How about microfilm reels? Would the reels fit in a lunchbox? Duffle bag? Car? Truck? How about the digital information? How many pocket Seagates would it take? Or would it be a soda can full of micro SDs
Hmmm... I would probably use hi-capacity portable HDD-s. How many? Good question. Probably a few would be enough, if we keep scan resolutions reasonable. Ancient scrolls weren't usually very long, but quite dense. Not only writing material was expensive, but everything had to be written by hand.
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