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To: BitWielder1

It is an analog computer. It does calculations so it computes.

7 posted on 04/15/2022 2:33:27 PM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftists are the same species of vicious rat.)

To: WMarshal

The mechanism is not “Turing Complete”.

12 posted on 04/15/2022 2:42:34 PM PDT by GingisK

To: WMarshal

No sir, it calculates. It performs arithmetic. There must be a stored algorithm for a machine to be classified as a computer.

15 posted on 04/15/2022 2:49:13 PM PDT by GingisK

To: WMarshal; Mr. Lucky; PapaBear3625; logi_cal869

Well summarized. I think this the vid I was looking for...

2,000 Year Old Computer - Decoding the Antikythera Mechanism
September 27, 2021 | Wisdom Land

28 posted on 04/15/2022 10:24:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)

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