After reading a blog post about e-mail, Chris Siebenmann realised why e-mail was so important to the Internet: it’s the only reliable means of inter-organizational communication. He notes that while Microsoft Teams, Skype, Discord, and the like are great for communicating within an organization, it’s difficult to reach out to those from other organizations using these. Different organizations use different central communication systems, so it’s much easier to stick to e-mail, which is universal. Read full article here
Research
Researcher uses AI to make texts that are thousands of years old readable
The Gilgamesh Epic, the oldest work of world literature, has been brought back to life by LMU researchers in the Electronic Babylonian Literature project. Using their new Fragmentarium tool, they have discovered hundreds of manuscripts, including the most recent tablet of the Gilgamesh Epic which dates from 130 BC – thousands of years after the earliest known version. This shows how highly valued the Epic was, even at a late period. With the public release of the Fragmentarium, anyone can now explore the thousands of cuneiform fragments and explore the ancient Babylonian literature. Read full article here
Merv
March 12, 2023
