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"Here be Dragons" or HC SVNT DRACONES is a phrase reportedly used by early mapmakers to name unknown areas.
A great story that invokes imagery of ancient times. But we only have one authentic record of this phrase, on the 'Hunt-Lenox globe' (circa 1504).
Many later maps, designed to 'appear' to be from this era included this Latin phrase.
Click to see 3D model of the Hunt-Lenox Globe.
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Written 1994-1997, when computers were new to her.
Remember modems, dotmatrix printers, & iHug?.
Many of us had similar thoughts.
Computer Poems 1994 & 1997 by Lorac
Computers demand your total devotion and a house-load of notepaper.
They have written their own manuals simply to deter human interaction with themselves.
Our manual, which is the condensed version, has 393 pages and
right in the middle of page 9 is a two-sentence paragraph titled `Before You Begin', which sends you to chapter 15...
For some obscure reason, I decided to trace the family tree
This very time-consuming passion is known as genealogy.
18 months or so later, my brother in his wisdom was heard to say
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A virus got my computer and took it by the throat
All the life out of it, it did its best to choke
I sat and helplessly watched as it tried to struggle for life
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Remember when we bought our first computer, to document the family tree
It seemed to be very necessary then, if we were to pursue this genealogy
Two years down the road and we upgraded to one, with a CD & much more
And now that I have a web page, I have alot more grey hairs...that's for sure