History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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Possibly has merit, but incredibly biased and arrogant.
A Corrective View
A New Player Shakes Up the Chess-History Game
Good Overview of Chess Historiography

The genealogy of chess
David H Li
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A definitive study of the origin of chess -- that is, proto-chess. Part 1 of the book surveys the history of chess as written in western literature, beginning with Cessolis in the 13th century and continuing through 1996. Practically anyone who had ever written on the subject of "History of Chess" is covered -- over 30 in total. In Chapter 1 (Western Literature to 1694), in addition to Cessolis's Libel de Moribus Hominum, Thomas Hyde's De Ludis Orientalibus (1694) is treated with depth. Chapter 2 (1765-1801) covers Robert Lambe (The History of Chess, 1765), Daines Barrington (1789), William Jones (1790), Eyles Irwin (1793), Hiram Cox (1801), and James Christie (An Inquiry into the Antient Greek Game, 1801). Chapter 3 (1847-1870) covers N. Bland (1847), Duncan Forbes (The History of Chess, 1860), H. G. Hollingworth (1866), and Karl Himly (1869, 1870, et seq). Chapter 4 (1874-1899) covers Antonio van der Linde (Geschichte und Litteratur des Schachspiels, 1874; Quellenstudien zur Gerschichte des Schachspiels, 1881), Z. Voppicelli (1888), Brunet y Bellet (El Ajedrez: Investigaciones sobre Su Origen, 1890), Herman Jacobi (1896), A.A. Macdonell (1897 and 1899), F. W. Thomas (1898), and Ernst Windisch (1989). Chapter 5 (1st half of 20th century) covers Stewart Culin (1898), John G. White (1898), Willard Fiske (1900), H.J.R. Murray (A History of Chess, 1913), and Louis Gray (1913). Chapter 6, the last chapter in Part I, covers Joseph Needham (Science and Civilisation in China, 1962), Pavle Bidev (1951 et seq) A. S. M. Dickens (1973), Harry Golombek (Chess: a History, 1976), Isaak Linder (Chess in Old Russia, 1975), Hugh Myers (1984), Panduranga Bhatta (Origin and Genesis of Chess, 1982 and 1994), G. Ferlito and A. Sanvito (1990), Jurij Averbach (1996), Egbert Meissenburg (1996), and Manfred Eder (1996).

Part II presents the author's thesis that chess was invented in China. Chapter 7 covers antecedents to Chess in the Chinese environment, beginning with a 5-page discussion on the characteristics of chess, and exploring two Chinese games which served as chess's antecedents -- Weiqi (commonly referred to as "Go" in the west, invented in China circa 23rd century BCE), and Liubo (a chance-dictated game invented in China circa 16th century BCE but disappeared in 5th century CE). Chapter 8 explores the Who? When? and Where? of chess invention, giving the inventor as a Chinese general in 203 BCE. Chapter 9 explores the Why? and How? of chess invention, tracing the design of the playing board and the type of playing pieces to I-ching (the Book of Changes), the most ancient of Chinese classics/philosophy, the contents of which were alluded to by western chess historians such as Bidev (but unable to go far due to unfamiliarity with the Chinese language). Chapter 10 further discusse! s the invention process, tracing the number of playing pieces and their placement to Sun Tse's the Art of War, another Chinese classics on warfare which our inventor, an all-winning battlefield general, mastered. Chapter 11 gives experiments the general conducted (games he played with himself) to improve its playability in terms of guidelines he set for the game, while Chapter 12, the last chapter in Part II, gives the rules of the game after it has been refined by the inventor.

Part III traces the development and dissemination of the game since its invention. Chapter 13 gives its acceptance, dormancy, revival, and modifications in China in the next millennium, while Chapter 14 gives early game scores, including those in the literature, that played by a general who later became king, as well as a composition by another highly regarded general. Chapter 15 gives a comprehensive coverage of experiments, by Chinese nationals, that did not survive the test of time (size, form, number of playing pieces, 3-handed, 7-handed, etc.) Chapter 16 traces the dissemination of the game westward, first to Persia and then to India, via the famous Silk Road, beginning in the 2nd century BCE -- the chapter ends with an appendix comparing the Chinese game with the Persian games, including a medieval Shatranj composition. Chapter 17 traces the game's dissemination eastward, first to Korea (at one time a part of China) and then to Japan -- the cultural differences affec! ting the Chinese and Korean games (at one time the two were identical) are explored, and the development of Shogi from the Chinese game, along with a comparison of playing pieces are traced to ancient Japanese literature.

Chapter 18, the book's concluding chapter, further refutes two commonly held misconceptions on which the chess-was-invented-in-India thesis was based -- that China did not have elephants (there were bronz ceremonial vases with the likings of elephant in the 22nd century BCE in China), and chess was brought to China by Buddhist pilgrimmagers (journals kept by Yuan Zhuang, for his travels in India and back to China, 629-645, praised even by Indians for its value in preserving Indian history, was completely silent on this point).

The book includes an epilogue, a bibliography (showing some 130 references in western languages and some 50 references in Chinese), and an index.

A year after its publication, in 1999, the book was honored as the "1998 Book of the Year" by a chess periodical.

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Possibly has merit, but incredibly biased and arrogant........2006-10-11

This book has to be the worst written book I've ever read on any subject - not in terms of the author's writing skill, but in terms of the fact that he seems unable to discuss the issue with any level of dispassion. The author may have a very strong case, but it's impossible to tell given the fact that he seems more interested in deriding the work of other chess historians and his critics. Clearly the Chinese claim to the invention of chess should be studied seriously and fairly, but Mr. Li is surely the worst person to bring such studies to the general public. He appears arrogant in the extreme, biased and prone to emotive and emotional language. He might have a great case, but this book will surely turn away readers who become offended by the very tone of the book before the author gets down to any specifics. I would like to see a more logical and scientific approach based on actual first-hand evidence, rather than Mr. Li's appalling and disrespectful hack-job.

As to what the book should be about, I'm very interested in finding out whether Mr. Li's assertions have merit, but I find it impossible to do so given the book's apparent unwillingness to cite any sources or to use standard methods of proof. Mr. Li seems to think that the weight of his outrage shgould carry the reader along to his conclusions. I'm sorry Mr. Li, but that's not how history works. I'm very willing to give you the benefit of the doubt, but I fear I'll have to do my own research to prove your case.

A Corrective View.......2005-12-09

For more than two hundred years it has been the position of most chess historians (not a large segment of the historian community) that the various forms of Chess were originally from India. This position was based on different types of historical documentation, the earliest of which appear to place the beginnings of chess at about 550 to 600 A.D. Apparently these historians did not have access to documentation that showed an earlier beginning of the game and therefore assumed none existed.

Mr. Li points out that a handful of historians did find documentation showing earlier forms of chess but that these findings were ignored by the larger group due to a bias against the idea that chess could have developed outside of India and surrounding areas. After going over the documentation that the accepted view is based on and the minority view as well, the author then gives an exposition on documentation that for different historical and cultural reasons has never been made use of.

Virtually all of this information comes from chinese texts which have never been consulted by those persons in the western world interested in chess history. The author goes on to show that these materials predate the Indian information by some six hundred years.

If a game is an invention of mans mind, it follows that there is an idea, or initial group of ideas, a developmental period and finally a modification period.
If, during the second and third stages of invention, the game is introduced to cultures other than that where the game originally was concieved; it follows that those cultures will change the game to suit their own tastes.

The point of Mr. Li is to show how the game, today known as Xiangqi, is mentioned in chinese texts from circa 200 BCE and how it evolved, travelled westward and was further modified,(as well as eastward, Japan) eventually becoming Chess as it is generally known today.

For the established view to prevail it is neccessary to present documentation (does not have to be written, artifacts can also be used) that predate the chinese texts and artifacts.

A New Player Shakes Up the Chess-History Game.......2002-06-26

As many an enthusiast knows, or thinks he knows, modern chess is a direct descendant of a game played in India about 1,400 years ago. Many junkies will be too busy playing to worry much about the game's roots, but others surely will be fascinated by David Li's finding--or contention--that those roots actually can be traced back an additional thousand years.
In "The Genealogy of Chess," Mr. Li exposes serious flaws in much of the prevailing research on the origins of chess, a game played worldwide for centuries but still largely a mystery in many ways. And he builds an intriguing case that traces the game's ancestry to a Chinese army commander named Han Xin, born about three centuries before Christ.
Talmudic in tone and filled with footnotes, Mr. Li's work invites--indeed, cries out for--close scrutiny by open-minded scholars. I'm not sure I agree with Mr. Li that past researchers have sometimes had "an agenda"--that is, a hidden agenda beyond their ostensible mission of getting the story straight. But he also argues, somewhat more persuasively, that past researchers have often lacked the foreign-language skills and other assets needed to do their job right.
I'm not in any position to confirm or refute Mr. Li's work, but I enjoyed learning about the complications of chess historiography.

Good Overview of Chess Historiography.......2000-01-09

Li gives an exhaustive study of seemingly all authors who have ever written on the origin of chess. His critiques are comprehensive, but a little too dismissive of the scholarship of others. He gives a thought provoking analysis and makes a good argument for chess as a descendant of an ancestral version of Xiang Qi, the modern Chinese game. He's a little too skeptical of authorities positing an Indian origin for chess and a little too accepting of authorities finding a Chinese origin of chess. His greatest false step is his argument that chess migrated from China to Persia, skipping India. He cites to no historical documents supporting this contention and ignores the Persian tradition that they got chess from India. The best section of the book is his comprehensive description of ancient Xiang Qi variants. Li's argument doesn't quite carry the day in proving a Chinese origin for chess, but it does cause one to be more accepting of the idea. Both chess and Xiang Qi descended from a common ancestor, but whether that ancestor was an Indian or a Chinese game will probably never be conclusively settled.

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Completely rewritten to include Microsoft Windows Server 2003 coverage and other cutting-edge technologies, this best selling text will ensure your students' success on CompTIA's latest Server+ Exam.

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Incorrect "facts" and poor organization.......2007-01-06

I have only made it to chapter 6 of this book and just glossing over most of it at that and here are some glaring mistakes I have seen so far.

Chapter 6, titled "Web Security", well, let's just look at the chapter summary in the introduction. "Web Security begins by discussing how to protect e-mail systems, the technology most vital to Internet users. The chapter also examines vulnerabilities of the World Wide Web and how to protect Web communications. In addition, this chapter discusses instant messaging and how to harden it." Why are we discussing e-mail and IM in a chapter about Web security? These are both handled by separate protocols and separate applications both client and server side. Why is this worded (and the chapter ordered) to start with and focus on e-mail security?

In the same chapter there is discussion of JavaScript. To quote the book again, "One popular technology used to make dynamic content is JavaScript. Based on the programming language Java, JavaScript is a special program code embedded into an HTML document....The Web browser then executes that code within the browser using the Virtual Machine (VM), which is a Java interpreter." WRONG. JavaScript is not based on Java and has nothing to do with it. Java was developed by Sun. JavaScript was originally developed by Netscape under the name LiveScript when they decided that Java was too heavy for the functionality that they were wanting in an embedded scripting language. Due to bad/confused marketing folks LiveScript was later renamed JavaScript. While JavaScript does execute in a virtual machine, it is not the Java Virtual Machine.

Earlier in the book in the section about hardening servers and services one of the easiest (in many cases, anyway) things to do was left out. Why did the author not mention configuring services to not advertise their exact version? In most Unix/Linux daemons this is as simple as changing one line in the config file for the daemon.

I can only wonder about what I will find as I continue reading and when I read over the book more thoroughly.

Lightweight textbook; lab material is dated.......2006-11-05

My instructor uses this as one of two textbooks for the Network Security course, primarily because there is an answer key for the chapter review questions. The book isn't bad, although I find it lightweight in comparison to the other text, Designing Network Security 2nd ed., by Merike Kaeo.

My biggest issue is that the lab material presented is woefully out of date, since this book was published in 2004. The principles of network security do not change radically in two years' time, but software certainly does!

I attend Illinois Institute of Technology, which is unique in that some programs mix graduate students and undergrad students in classes, with the expectation that graduate students perform at a higher level than the undergrads. IIT is also known for the [...], or Interprofessional Projects Program, which brings together students from engineering, science, humanities, business, architecture, psychology, law and design to solve many unique and useful problems.

As you can see, IIT encourages diversity and teamwork. My project team consists of myself (grad student with a good deal of experience) and three undergrads with varying levels of experience.

If one does not have a certain level of PC experience, doing some of the labs in this book without current instructions can be tedious, if not impossible for some people.

The official website has only two downloads for the book. One is a list of errata, dated July 2006. The other maps the textbook content to the LabSim content, which I suspect would be useful only if you purchased that option. My suggestion to the author is that he publish a quarterly update on the website with revisions to the labs in the textbook.

Regardless, I would not advise paying full price for this book, especially since the Security+ exam is going to be revised soon, from what I have been reading.

Not For The Timid.......2006-04-04

The advances in technology have opened doors for the unscrupulous. This book can help prepare you for the Security+ exam but shouldn't be relied on as the only resource. At exactly 550 pages long, it's impossible to conclude everything you need to pass the exam is here. It does have a test prep CD-ROM so maybe the $73+ cost is justified. When the cost of the exam is about $237, the cost of not passing it makes it feel more. However, if you have substantial experience and taking a Security+ course as well, then this should suffice.

Security+ Networking Book.......2006-03-01

Book arrived on time as stated by sender in very good condition at a very competive price. I saved $40 than if I would have bought the same book as the college bookstore.

Don't list books on back order.......2005-09-24

The book was on back order, I was not notified until I inquired after two weeks. I should have been notified immediatlely or the book should not have been shown as available.

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