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offline LuminousAphid from home (United States) on 2006-10-11 10:52 [#01985554]
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i just had a lecture by the guy who created this

http://www.washington.edu/dxarts/profile_research.php?who...

what do you think?

 

offline ecnadniarb on 2006-10-11 10:54 [#01985557]
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You got a lecture from Charles Babbage? Wicked.

 

offline LuminousAphid from home (United States) on 2006-10-11 10:55 [#01985559]
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that probably would have been more interesting

 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2006-10-11 23:27 [#01985858]
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If I remember the difference engine never actually worked,
only due to burdensome moving parts I think.

top left-most picture should be of a tic tac toe
playing 'computer' made of tinkertoys and rubber bands or
something by danny hillis author of the fantastic book
'pattern on the stone'


 

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