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To: NicknamedBob

babbage? the 19th century mechanical computer's inventor?


4,283 posted on 09/18/2005 6:37:55 AM PDT by King Prout (and the Clinton Legacy continues: like Herpes, it is a gift that keeps on giving.)
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To: King Prout
"...19th century mechanical computer's inventor?"

I didn't get on so well with the old geezer. I guess you could say we had our differences, but his daughter was brilliant!

4,286 posted on 09/18/2005 6:43:58 AM PDT by NicknamedBob (I am impervious to insult, being extraordinarily dense, rather like Superman.)
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