16 Oct
2008
16 Oct
'08
11:10 a.m.
From: Ian King
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 9:19 AM
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [cctalk-bounces
at classiccmp.org] On
Behalf Of bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca [bfranchuk at
jetnet.ab.ca]
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 8:55 AM
To: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: computer graphics in the 1950s
Joachim Thiemann wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:17 AM, bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca
> <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:
>> Joachim Thiemann wrote:
>>> Actually, shouldn't the Jacquard Loom
count?
>> If it could count, it would be a computer. :)
> You might be trying to pull the wool over our
eyes, but there is a
> well-woven argument here. However, I think we may be loosing the
> thread.
> I better stop before Jay tell us to put a sock in
it.
Yes, that could be looming ahead.
Woof. Now that's warped.
Rich Alderson
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