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Posted on 04/15/2022 1:47:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: logi_cal869
It makes no difference if the Babbage Engine came before Turing since the Babbage Engine does satisfy the meaning of "Turing Complete", even if that was not a term used back then. The Babbage engine was PROGRAMMABLE, therefore it could be re-tasked. The Antikythera Mechanism could not be re-tasked either. This is necessary and sufficient for my premise.
I am also sure I do not compare well when stacked up against those two inventors.
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04/16/2022 5:54:03 PM PDT
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GingisK
To: Ezekiel
"Say you wanna... witness the birth of Christ..." Then you'd miss it by about 4 - 6 years. The 'date of Christ's birth was miscalculated by the Pope's scribe, so you would be just in time for Jesus' Bar Mitzva!....................
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04/18/2022 5:45:31 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
"Say you wanna... witness the birth of Christ..."
Then you'd miss it by about 4 - 6 years.
It's a whole lot more than that! Good thing I'm on the ball with that one. :)
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04/18/2022 6:29:55 AM PDT
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Ezekiel
("Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️.)
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