26 Jan
2017
26 Jan
'17
8:58 p.m.
On 01/26/2017 07:50 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
I remember reading that one many years ago. The bit about the stars
quietly winking out at the end stuck in my mind.--
Nine Giganames doesn't seem so much in our days of tera- and peta- and
yottawhatsis.
--Chuck
Even the
phrase "shipped" need not be when the customer starts
printing out the nine billion names of god. (1953, so it
predates the 7074)
OK, that was a "Mark V, Automatic Sequence Computer".
In the story, Chuck (no last name, so not confirmed to be OUR
Chuck), had the last word: "Look"
http://downlode.org/Etext/nine_billion_names_of_god.html