6 Oct
1998
6 Oct
'98
5:08 a.m.
A BBC series entitled 'Connections,' hosted (I believe) by James Burke
was fascinating as it culled a wide range of seemingly disparate and
unrelated inventions and discoveries which led to some profound
changes in technological progress. It is this 'trivia' that I find
interesting especially when an idea laid dormant for years is realized
by the advancement of technology.
Marty
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Subject: Re: Corrections to trivia
Author: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu at internet
Date: 10/6/98 11:31 AM
> Babbage was not the first to come up with the idea
of a computer, but you
> can trace the development of modern computers back to him. You can't do
> anything like that with Holt's chip -- it had no influence. Maybe there
> were other Big Bangs before The Big Bang, but if they didn't create a
> Universe, nobody cares.
I think this attitude in general carelessly disregards
an amazing body of
work.
I always belives it's a kind of anglo american attitude
toward non US (and GB) archievments around the world, but
I'm glad to see that it's even comon within.
SCNR
Gruss
H.
--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
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