Re: Interesting - Ukraine Missiles Use Open Source, Russians Use Pi-4s

On 7/21/26 21:19, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:40:03 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> 
>>> Modern Islam (at least the current 'strict' reading by the
>>> extremists) is what does not mesh well with science. Islam of yore
>>> did mesh well. Something changed in the centries from then to now.
> 
> The interpretation changed.
> 
> When the Arabs conquered Alexandria, and found the pitiful remnants of
> what had once been the Great Library (what was left after the
> Christians had done with it), the conquering general sent a message
> back to the Caliph, asking what to do with with the remaining books.
> 
> The message came back: “Either they agree with the Quran, in which
> case they are superfluous, or they disagree with it, in which case
> they are undesirable. In any case, destroy them.”

   Yep.

   Still hope that, somewhere, backup copies of
   all that stuff were safely stashed away in
   an obscure desert cave.

   Ptolemy-II ordered that any ships coming into
   Alexandria with books ... the books HAD to be
   delivered to the library to be COPIED before
   the originals were returned. So, the concept
   of 'backups' wasn't alien even back then.

   Islam is made to be more radical/purist/evangelical
   than even Christianity. EARLY Islamic civ was high
   on its successes and this tended to help the sciences.
   But once the advances stalled, POWER was retained by
   getting really fundy.