Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On 12/27/24 9:35 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 23/12/2024 21:14, D wrote:

I have a vague memory of reading somewhere that remains of paganism were alive until the 1700s, but cannot find anything through a quick google. My friendly neighbourhood AI insist on official death in the 12:th century.

 This is a subject of heated debate as modern Wiccan/Pagans like to feel they have an unbroken tradition.
 But of course people probably learned to keep their mouths shit and rub themselves with witches ointment in private...

   Heh ! :-)
   Anyway, kinda impossible to have an 'unbroken tradition'
   with any kind of 'paganism' - as the pantheon of gods and
   such varies widely over place and time. I guess that
   before Zoroaster EVERYBODY was 'pagan' - but still was
   not the SAME 'paganism'.
   As for BRITS ... 'unbroken' maybe means a few thousand
   years - but with every wave of invaders the 'gods' got
   mixed, re-named, re-statused - and some just disappeared.
   Kinda like Hindu 'paganism' - the idea of god-beings with
   such extreme power and 'generative potential' that a mere
   passing thought could pop another god or god-like thing
   into existence on the spot ... a nice kinda 'fractal'
   look and feel  :-)
   Know nothing about Chinese theology alas ... other than
   that it had a lot of 'demons'. Gotta look into that. May
   NOT entirely 'get it' alas because I wasn't born Chinese.
   'Gods' kinda COMPLEMENT the culture rather than CREATE it.
   Oh, good movie/Harry Potter question - how come all
   'spells' are done in LATIN ??? Did spirits/gods/etc
   from 10,000 years ago all speak Latin too ???  :-)