Comments on: World's Oldest Functioning Planetarium http://boingboing.net/2009/06/24/worlds-oldest-functi-1.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 22:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: guidedbyVOIP http://boingboing.net/2009/06/24/worlds-oldest-functi-1.html#comment-526353 guidedbyVOIP Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-526353 Google turned up some more pics here: http://www.jusonline.nl/eisinga/ The author even threw in an Open Source editorial: "Software builders of nowadays could have learned a lesson from Eise, because he thought centuries ahead. The planetarium still works correctly because he left us drawings, explanations and a list of all things that should never be forgotten. " Pretty sweet. I want to go there next time I'm in NL. Google turned up some more pics here: http://www.jusonline.nl/eisinga/ The author even threw in an Open Source editorial: “Software builders of nowadays could have learned a lesson from Eise, because he thought centuries ahead. The planetarium still works correctly because he left us drawings, explanations and a list of all things that should never be forgotten. ”

Pretty sweet. I want to go there next time I’m in NL.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/24/worlds-oldest-functi-1.html#comment-526361 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-526361 Vienna is the capital of Austria. Franeker is a city in the Netherlands. Both countries are part of Western Europe. Vienna is the capital of Austria. Franeker is a city in the Netherlands. Both countries are part of Western Europe.

]]> By: Pantograph http://boingboing.net/2009/06/24/worlds-oldest-functi-1.html#comment-526398 Pantograph Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-526398 Isn't Vienna more central Europe? (With the Hungarian influence and all) Franeker is almost Northern Europe, being in Frisia, which is a province in the Netherlands (and also in Germany, the Frisian people are trans national with a fairly distinct culture and language.) Anyway, I've been to the Planetarium in Franeker twice, and can attest to its awesomeness. More gears and levers than your average steampunk can handle. Isn’t Vienna more central Europe? (With the Hungarian influence and all)

Franeker is almost Northern Europe, being in Frisia, which is a province in the Netherlands (and also in Germany, the Frisian people are trans national with a fairly distinct culture and language.)

Anyway, I’ve been to the Planetarium in Franeker twice, and can attest to its awesomeness. More gears and levers than your average steampunk can handle.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/24/worlds-oldest-functi-1.html#comment-526432 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-526432 beautiful. maybe instead of watching the stars you should look sometimes at some normal map: Austria is central europe (mitteleuropa) beautiful.
maybe instead of watching the stars you should look sometimes at some normal map: Austria is central europe (mitteleuropa)

]]> By: squib http://boingboing.net/2009/06/24/worlds-oldest-functi-1.html#comment-526251 squib Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-526251 I want one I want one

]]> By: Blinde Schildpad http://boingboing.net/2009/06/24/worlds-oldest-functi-1.html#comment-526520 Blinde Schildpad Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-526520 Eise Eisinga built his planetarium to show the citizens of Franeker that the universe has a mechanical nature, but the thing itself is pure magic! Did everybody notice the big-ass pendulum over his bed in the background? Eise Eisinga built his planetarium to show the citizens of Franeker that the universe has a mechanical nature, but the thing itself is pure magic! Did everybody notice the big-ass pendulum over his bed in the background?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/24/worlds-oldest-functi-1.html#comment-526559 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-526559 Yes Vienna is in Central Europe. East Europe begins in Ukraine: between is Slovakia and Hungary. Yes Vienna is in Central Europe. East Europe begins in Ukraine: between is Slovakia and Hungary.

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