The first computer
Dec 17, 2008 Religion, Uncategorized
IBM? No. Apple? No. Who made the first computer?
The Greeks? So cool.
What would the world have been like if the Greeks had expanded their empire instead of the Christians? I suppose we’ll never know.
December 20th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
This is SO awesome!! I have read about this, and was amazed not only that the Greeks had built it, but also at the attempt(s) to reconstruct it from the found parts… Xtreme jigsaw puzzle
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On a vaguely related note, do you know about the Curta calculator? A hand-cranked, mechanical calculator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curta
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Links at the bottom of that page, including
http://www.curta.de/kr34/curta_simulator_en.htm
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:47 am
Yeah, the ancient greeks, a force for Creation.
Christians – not so much.