On 02/07/2011 09:20 PM, nemesis wrote:
> Orchid XP v8<voi### [at] devnull>  wrote:
>> Fact: Charles Babbage designed arguably the world's first ever
>> Turing-complete machine. (75 years before Alan Turing was even born, I
>> notice.)
>>
>> Question: When did electricity become common knowledge?
>
> Btw, I'm sure you realize the two of them are unrelated to each other, right?
> Babbage's machines were completely mechanical devices...

...and you think I'm asking about this because...? :-P

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