On two occasions I have been asked, — "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" In one case a member of the Upper, and in the other a member of the Lower, House put this question.

I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

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So is this like a mechanical calculator ala Charles Babbage?

>> ^rychan:

>> ^xxovercastxx:
I think this is the computer he's referring to at the end:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanasoff%E2%80%93Berry_Computer

Yeah, that's a very, very tenuous claim to call that the first "computer". It's closer to a calculator as it is not programmable / general purpose.


Indeed, not to mention that most of the work had already been done in mechanical form by the likes of Babbage, etc. To say "the computer was invented in Iowa" is a bit of a broad brush. It would be truer to say that the first example of an electronic computer was built in Iowa.

That said, well done on choosing the least idiotic of the republican candidates. The fact that said candidate believes in magic underpants is more a reflection of the incredibly poor gop lineup than on Iowans.

>> ^mtadd:

I initially started watching because of the cute factor, but quickly became annoyed at her self-aggrandizement with respect to computer literacy. On a scale of 0=10, a 6 or 7 should know how to properly configure a home network.


lol on her scale she is probably a 2-3 , I would put sum-one like john car-mac at 9-10

A person that can build pc's designs software or can code to a basic level is probably around a 5-6 once you get to that level you can pritty much work you way out of anny computer issue it would just be a case of time and researching it but you would have all the understanding neaded.

anything after 6 would be where I would put people that work in research or engine programming , maby guys that design cpu arcutecture.

Charles Babbage needs to slap this girl.

Seriously guise.. Babbage and Turing? If only my computer was an electromechanical device the size of a house. Have you ever heard of a semiconductor? And the internet is clearly came out of mostly US military, US Universities and US silicon valley. Also, nothing Comedy Central does is funny, it's a joke and more like ironic humor that they are called Comedy Central (it's dark humour).

Long John Silvers > newspaper wrapped cod

Also, how about sugar, tomatoes, potatoes, corn, cocoa, hot peppers, turkey, beans (except the blackeyed pea), pineapples

Enjoy your non-American cuisine jerkops.

^And Babbage.

I couldn't watch more than 15 seconds of this. Spit the f@*$%& marbles out, it's called E-NUN-C-A-SHUN. barblegarblespitfalfadalpha un paraphalamagramaphoneamolous ta da bunshallysplindifferink. l2speak.

Edit: Ok, the "squeaky" voice at 1:50 makes the rest watchable. And "football to the groin."

Also, Babbage's. Anyone remember Babbage's? As soon as Babbage's stopped being Babbage's, I stopped having a reason to go to malls. Babbage's. Love that word.