August 18th

Meta
1st Issue

Where went everything wrong?

Welcome Bernds
Welcome to the very first issue of
the Meta Magazine!
Whatawaitsyouinthismagazine?Theplanwas
to make a newspaper but I think a magazine is
moresuitedfortheadventure.InthismagazineI
plantoputeverythingBerndmakesorsuggests.
So the content is Bernd made. The possibilities
are endless: threads, Bernd portraits, IWOs,
Polandballcomicsetc.Neverthelesstheplanisto
coverallsevendaysoftheweek.
At this point please don't expect much content.
Instead get your gears greased and be invited to
suggestcontent.Makescreenshotsofinteresting
threadsorsavethemasawhole.
Of course I expect much resistance and a lot of
sage.Ifyouthinkthatthismagazineisbadthen
maybeitisuptoyoutoimproveit.
t.Bernd

IWO
Thatsright!Noexplanationneeded.Butstill,someofyou
don'tknowwhatitis.IWOstandsforIwenout.Theeventof
BerndsgoingoutsideissorarethatsomeBerndsmake
threadsaboutit.IntheeyesoffellowcountrymenoftheIWO
makerthepicturesarequiteboring.Buttherealwaysare
somefolkswhoenjoythephotos.

Randomfields
photographedwhile
beingonthebustoTrier.

Bridgecrossingtheriver
Moselle.

Serious discussion
Onsomedaysthenumberonetopic.
Windows10isshit.Shit.
Everyone knows this and
still some Bernds decided to
upgrade to Windows 10. It
spiesonyou,sendsyourdata
to Microsoft and even can
delete illegally obtained
software.

Win10collectingyourData
Herewecanseethat
Windows10collects
yourprivateData.
Andthereismore.

Proof: https://i.imgur.com/iHge6RJ.jpg

Serious discussion
The Consequences
The most common consequence
is that Bernds at least discuss
Linux distros more often. In
somecasesspecificDistrostends
to stand out: Anime/OS. It is
knownthatanimethemedLinux
Distrosareverypopularon/int/.
Although there are some anime
haters there are some Bernds
wholovetheirAnimeOS.

In the research of AnimeOS I

haven't found The AnimeOS
rather there are several anime
themeddistros.Mostofthemare
Ubuntu
based,
redesigned
distributions.

Kawaii!ItisMangaka.No,itisnotGentoo.
There is nothing special
about it. Just an anime
themed Ubuntu. The
code name for this
specific new release is
KOE.

Proof: https://animesoft.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/koefinal.png

Tuesday's thread
of the day
CreatedbyPole,threadNo.30364903itreached
290+posts.
Most places are just ebin. Tiny
places,bigplaceandattics.We
got everything. I don't know
how comfortable are Bernds
whenIshowthepicturesherein
themag.ThereforeIshowonly
thethumbnail.Sorryforthat.

SomessyXD.ThatishowI
imagineaBerndsroom.

Youliveinthebasement?Haha!
What a loser. Check this ebin
attic This Russian has even a
3X3mattress

This Hungarian Bernd still lives

with parents. Well, my room
looksquitelikethis.

But not all live a stereotypical

live. Some Bernds have really
niceplaces.

Gotta troll them all

New edition of know your troll
CreatedbyFrance,threadNo.30390585itreached
250+posts.
You think that you anonymous
on /int/? Sometimes your
shitpostingissouniquethatyou
are still recognizable by your
posts. Some are good and
maybeyouarebestposteroryou
arejustshit.Germanslikeshit.

Ordnungmusssein!
Alphabernd'sKnowyoutroll
card.
Thisthreadhadalotofoldandnew
trollcards.Ihopeyougotyourzip
file.
AdditionalInfo:Don'tforgetthe
furryballs.

Documentary Evidence Report:

Roman Legionary Tiles
In the Roman Empire, roofing for
buildings was commonly constructed
of tiles. The system was comprised
of two different types of tile; the flat
style, known as a tegula form the
main surface of the roof while the
corners, where the sides meet and
retain a gap are covered with long,
arched tiles called an imbrex. The
tegulae were crafted in such a way
that they would slot underneath one
another to form a sealed roof surface
and were held in place by their own
weight. The lack of attachment to
interior rafters or beams was possible
due to the generally low incline of
the roofs of Roman buildings. The
documentary evidence discussed in
this report is a pair of fragments of
tegulae found in Britain dating from
the second century AD. Both bear
fragmentary stamps which would
read LEG II AUG, referring to the
Legion II Augusta who produced
them.

The legion would use these tiles to

roof military buildings such as
barracks and long term guard posts
such as those the legion constructed
at Caerleon, on the northern side of
the Bristol Channel, in the late first
century and tiles were also used in
the reconstruction of the fortress in
the middle of the second century. The
legion was also involved in constructions around Hadrians Wall and
the Antonine Wall and may also have
used tiles on buildings there.

The production of Roman roofing

tiles was a multi-stage process. The
first step after acquiring the
necessary clay to produce the tile
was to dampen the clay and use a
mould to create the desired shape
uniformly among many individual
pieces. Any excess clay was likely
removed using a length of wire to cut
it off.

Documentary Evidence Report:

Roman Legionary Tiles pt.2
After this stage was complete, the
clay was left to dry and at the point
where the tile was still malleable but
still hard, a stamp was applied for
various reasons. Among civilian
examples, the workshops seal was
used, likewise when tiles were made
by legionaries for military purposes,
they were stamped with the name of
the Legion in question as a method
of quality control.
The fact that tiles were being
produced
by
the
legionaries
themselves, evidenced by the
legionary stamping on the pieces,
shows that there was a large amount
of supporting infrastructure around
the British frontier; enough to have a
supply of clay, either mined locally
or brought in from neighbouring
areas, as well as the kilns to fire the
amount of tiling required for the
many buildings that would require
them.

This level of development around

such a remote area gives great
insights into the logistical capacity of
the Roman military who was able to
supply troops and industries at such a
distance from the administrative
capital of the Empire.

Sources
Blagg, T. F. C. 1990. Architectural Munificence in Britain: The Evidence of Inscriptions Britannia 21: 13-31
Bodel, John. 2001. Epigraphic Evidence: Ancient History from Inscriptions New York: Routledge
Collingwood, R.G. and Wright, R.P. 1992. Introduction to 'Legionary Tile Stamps' and catalogue entries on
the Legion II Augusta The Roman Inscriptions of Britain, Volume II: Fascicule 4: 125-147
Fulford, Michael G. 1996. The Second Augustan Legion in the West of Britain: The Ninth Annual Caerleon
Lecture Cardiff: National Museums and Galleries of Wales
McWhirr, Alan and Viner, David. 1978. The Production and Distribution of Tiles in Roman Britain with
Particular Reference to the Cirencester Region Britannia 9: 359-377
Warry, Peter. 2010. Legionary Tile Production in Britain Britannia 41: 127-147

Architecture
Berndslikehouses.Fromtheinsideandfromtheoutside.
Thistimewelookatfascinatingarchitecture.

ThreadNo.30390959wasn'tactuallycreatedatThursdaybuttheit
reachitsimpressivesizeonThursday.Let'shavealook.
Trevifountain,Rome.
ObviouslyBerndslikestuffwithlotsof
details. This fountain was design by
NicolaSalvi.Itis26mhighandfinished
1762after30yearsofconstruction.

ZotaKamieniczka,Gdansk.
ItwasdesignbyAbrahamvandenBlocke
forJohannesSpeymann,themayor ofthe
town,in1609.

Can'tfigureoutthatmuchabout
thisbuildingButstillnicetolookat.
Manydetailsandaverycosylook.

IonMincu(18521912).
Whataname.Hedesignedthishouse.
Hisstyleremindofneoclassicisms.

This was in the same thread. It

doesn't really fit onto the list. I
would fit more into the lost
placescategory.Butstill,quite
fascinating.

Middleages,fuckyeah!
Thisisactualyagate.Itwasbuildin
1657.Itislocatedin
Knigsberg/Kaliningrad.During
WWII,itwasheavilydamaged.But
couldbesavedafterthewar.

Hlderlinturm.
Thehistoryreachesbackintothe
13thcentury.ThefamousGerman
lyric poet Hlderlin live there
from 1807 for 36 years. Really
nice and clean architecture. I
wouldlovetolivethere.

USA saves the day!

News
3injuredinanattackinaThalystrainbetweenAmsterdamandParis
Manwasarmedwithkalashnikov
thankfully2americansoldierswrestledtheterroristandhecouldnot
killanyone
Fridaysthreadofthedaywithastonishing270+postsisabout
'MurricansoldiersinEurope.Post.No.30425507byFrance.
ThreeUSAmericansstopped
amanshooting.What's
wrongwiththem.ButFrance
stillhappythatacrazydude
didn'tkillmoreFrenchguys.
Itisalloverthemedia.
Americansbeingactually
beingheroesissorarethatit
hastoberepeatedonthe
newsoverandoveragain.

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