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Posted on 10/08/2008 7:53:33 PM PDT by mimi from mi
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To: DakotaGator
The Atanasoff-Berry Computer was not general purpose, as it was built to solve linear equations only, and could not be programmed. Yes, it was the first electronic computer, of a sort, but not the first true computer as we know them, i.e. a programmable system with volatile memory etc.
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posted on
10/08/2008 9:29:44 PM PDT
by
Little Pig
(Is it time for "Cowboys and Muslims" yet?)
To: mimi from mi
The Z1 built by Konrad Zuse(Germany) circa 1936 would get my vote for the first.
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10/08/2008 10:50:23 PM PDT
by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afganistan and Iraq))
To: ElkGroveDan; mimi from mi; Salamander
"It’s one of those unanswerable questions like who invented the first car?"
The correct answer in both cases is Carl Jung.
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posted on
10/08/2008 10:56:04 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(...vampire outlaw of the milky way...)
To: Force of Truth
Nope. Well, maybe the history of Marxism...
To: JrsyJack
She did but I think she was also instrumental in the development of COBOL. For anyone under 40 that was a programming language. I'm not sure about her contribution to COBOL, but Grace Hopper pioneered the development of early assembly language compilers, the first step beyond writing directly in the binary language of 0 and 1.
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posted on
10/09/2008 10:25:31 AM PDT
by
TexasRepublic
(Brother, can you spare a dime?)
To: ThomasThomas
Met Hooper when she was a Captain.
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10/10/2008 8:21:36 AM PDT
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Doctor Raoul
(Fire the CIA and hire the Free Clinic, someone who knows how to stop leaks.)
To: RepublitarianRoger2
Nope. Well, maybe the history of Marxism...Very appropriate considering He is part of Marxist history.
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10/16/2008 5:32:37 PM PDT
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Force of Truth
(As to the bailout: Cui bono?: Follow the money.)
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