Erinnert sich jemand an diese eine obskure serie im orf, die es manchmal am.vormuttag gspielt hat:
Es ging um musik, und es war so ganz primitive 3d grafik/animation, aber es hatte irgendwie alles so einen ganz eigenen vibe.....
Hey, i got BSODs this week to the point that my laptop doesntbstart anymore. Lenovo support asked if i installed the recent windows update, which i did (with vantage). They said that it caused hardware failure for a lot of laptops.
I need to replace my whole motherboard.
How is this possible? A software update bricks the hardware?
THE SECRET OF SOFTEN STONES: THE LOST TECHNIQUE OF THE INCAS
I read in a collection of diaries by Spanish explorers in South America about one who described walking through a field of large red leaves. The spurs on his boots had completely melted as a result. His indigenous guide explained to him that these plants were a type of stone-softening herb, which they had used in the past to rub hard stones to soften and shape them, and to construct those inexplicable structures where, in some cases, huge stones were fitted together with millimeter precision, like a puzzle.
Does anyone know more about this?
I wonder why it seems noone is actively following & researching this lead?
Here is a bit more i found:
FYI, (https://davidpratt.info/andes2.htm)
"In an interview in 1983, Jorge A. Lira, a Catholic priest who was anexpert in Andean folklore, said that he had rediscovered the ancient method of softening stone. According to a pre-Columbian legend the gods had given the Indians two gifts to enable them to build colossal architectural works such as Sacsayhuaman and Machu Picchu. The gifts were two plants with amazing properties. One of them was the coca plant, whose leaves enabled the workers to sustain the tremendous effort required. The other was a plant which, when mixed with other ingredients, turned hard stone into a malleable paste. Padre Lira said he had spent 14 years studying the legend and finally succeeded in identifying the plant in question, which he called
‘jotcha’. He carried out several experiments and, although he managed to soften solid rock, he could not reharden it, and therefore considered his experiments a failure.4 Aukanaw, an Argentine anthropologist of Mapuche origin, who died in 1994, related a tradition about a species of woodpecker known locally by such names as pitiwe, pite, and pitio; its scientific name is probably Colaptes pitius (Chilean flicker), which is found in Chile and Argentina, or Colaptes rupicola (Andean flicker), which is found in southern Ecuador, Peru, western Bolivia, and northern Argentina and Chile. If someone blocks the entrance to its nest with a piece of rock or iron it will fetch a rare plant, known as pito or pitu, and rub it against the obstacle, causing it to become weaker or dissolve. In Peru, above 4500
m, there is said to be a plant called kechuca which turns stone to jelly, and which the jakkacllopito bird uses to make its nest. A plant with similar properties that grows at even higher altitudes is known, among other things, as punco-punco; this may be Ephedra andina, which the Mapuche consider a medicinal plant."
"The construction of monuments like Sacsayhuaman and Machu Picchu is a testament to the skill and ingenuity of the Incas. However, the technique used to carve and shape the stones remains a mystery. According to legend, the gods would have gifted the Incas two magical plants: coke, which allowed them to withstand pain and physical exhaustion, and another plant that allowed them to soften stones.
Father Jorge Lira, an expert in Andean folklore, claimed to have discovered the secret of the second floor. According to him, it was the "jotcha", a plant that, mixed with other components, turned the hardest rocks into a moldable and moldable substance.
Although Father Lira passed away without revealing the secret of the jotcha, other researchers have suggested that the plant in question could be the Andean Ephedra, also known as "bone-breaker". This plant, which grows in the Andean mountains, has medicinal properties and has also been used to dissolve iron and stone.
However, the identification of the jotcha with the Andean Ephedra is not universally accepted, and the secret of the Inca technique to soften the stones remains a mystery."