On 29/07/12 Simon Biggs wrote:
>Perhaps they mean 1967? But that remains much later than any dawn,
>into the second generation of electronic computing. Realistically you
>would have to say the dawn was closer to 1947 - but that depends on
>how you define a computer. It could be considered to have
or giving an abacus a good workout (I once filled out a grant application
using one) -
On Sun, 29 Jul 2012, Simon Biggs wrote:
Perhaps they mean 1967? But that remains much later than any dawn, into the
second generation of electronic computing.
Realistically you would have to say the daw
& let's not forget ada lovelace & charles babbage ...
On 29/07/12 1:04 PM, Simon Biggs wrote:
Perhaps they mean 1967? But that remains much later than any dawn,
into the second generation of electronic computing. Realistically you
would have to say the dawn was closer to 1947 - but that depends
Perhaps they mean 1967? But that remains much later than any dawn, into the
second generation of electronic computing. Realistically you would have to say
the dawn was closer to 1947 - but that depends on how you define a computer. It
could be considered to have dawned far earlier. This author c
Perhaps I'm missing something, but "dawn of computer revolution in 1997"
made me double take. The beginning of the computer evolution in 1997! Come
on, the conditions which gave rise to a computer revolution go way way back
- its not possible to use specific dates that mark the beginning, the world
On 26/07/12 marc wrote:
>Close to the Machine: Code and the Mesmerism of Building a World from
>Scratch
>
>by Maria Popova
>
>The sociocultural relationship between humanity and technology has
>been the subject of equal parts dystopianism, utopianism, and layered
>reflection. But what of the act
Close to the Machine: Code and the Mesmerism of Building a World from
Scratch
by Maria Popova
The sociocultural relationship between humanity and technology has been
the subject of equal parts dystopianism, utopianism, and layered
reflection. But what of the actual, intimate, one-on-one relati
