POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Babbage : Re: Babbage Server Time
29 Jul 2024 16:29:49 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Babbage  
From: Jim Holsenback
Date: 2 Jul 2011 17:53:26
Message: <4e0f9356$1@news.povray.org>
On 07/02/2011 06:36 PM, andrel wrote:
> On 2-7-2011 23:28, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> 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
>>
>
> Because it was too long since you last asked something that you could
> find the answer to in under five minutes?
>
>
LOL ... yeah I knew the names but was a bit fuzzy on the dates. Not even 
two minutes ;-)


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