Comments on: The first computer http://www.ravingsane.com/2008/12/the-first-computer/ I think I've got it Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:07:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Sharkey! http://www.ravingsane.com/2008/12/the-first-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Sharkey! Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:47:08 +0000 http://www.ravingsane.com/?p=260#comment-63 Yeah, the ancient greeks, a force for Creation. Christians - not so much. Yeah, the ancient greeks, a force for Creation.

Christians – not so much.

]]> By: ailec http://www.ravingsane.com/2008/12/the-first-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-56 ailec Sun, 21 Dec 2008 02:45:38 +0000 http://www.ravingsane.com/?p=260#comment-56 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 ;-) . . On a vaguely related note, do you know about the Curta calculator? A hand-cranked, mechanical calculator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curta . Links at the bottom of that page, including http://www.curta.de/kr34/curta_simulator_en.htm ;) 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
;)

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