A layoff or the loss of a ship at sea can cause a business to loose critical information and expertise. This 1st century B.C. device should not exist. This mechanism, this clock, is misplaced in time. Nothing as complex would be created for the next thousand years.

(See also: The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project)
(See also: The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project: background)
(See also: The Guardian: Mysteries of computer from 65BC are solved)
(See also: CT image of the mechanism (JPG))
(See also: New Yorker: Fragmentary knowledge)