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Personally, I would be surprised to read about well-documented theft committed by ancient Pharaohs in tomorrow's newspapers.
by tawayway 9y ago
Personally, I would be surprised to read about well-documented theft committed by ancient Pharaohs in tomorrow's newspapers.
- zdkl 9y agoI'd like to!
- viraptor 9y agoCan Pharaoh steal anything? Wouldn't that be more of a personalised tax at the time? Compared to killing servants so they can help the Pharaoh in the afterlife, theft is kind of meh...
- pjc50 9y agoI'm reminded of the 3750 year old customer complaint letter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-nasir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-nasir
- quickben 9y agoThanks for that interesting bit. Any links about what happened after? I guess it's lost in the history now, sadly.
- rangibaby 9y agoEveryone died
- aidos 9y agoThat's so good. That offers such an insight into lives from long ago. It's weird how I suddenly felt so attached to the business frustrations of the ancient babylonians! Apologies, I've stolen it myself https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15669759 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15669759
- Fuxy 9y agoThe sad thing is none of the customer complaints of today will ever last as long as that did due to the lack of long term storage devices. We really need a long term storage solution for our data as a society or risk having another period of dark ages in the future.
- tryingagainbro 9y agoLet me explain: people who have a chance to steal (or another word) will do so. Of course will I get caught, chances of that, possible stealing...will be calculated. Some steal little, some steal as much as the can. Some will get caught, others will get medals