25 Jan
2011
25 Jan
'11
1:53 p.m.
On 25/01/2011 21:14, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 25 Jan 2011 at 12:33, Fred Cisin wrote:
Ah, but he said "at least" -- so he means it's necessary, he didn't say
sufficient :-)
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
On Sun, 23 Jan 2011, Evan Koblentz wrote:
A Jacquard loom is programmable and even runs loops...
*I* wouldn't call it a computer. Contrary to what you're implying, I really do
100% agree that it's
subjective. BUT .... wouldn't everyone also agree that, at the very
least, to be a "computer" a machine must be programmable?
Surprisingly,
NO.