Going OT, did you know they have cow catchers on ships too? Not quite the same thing as Babbage's invention though.
Cheers, Dave 2008/5/11 Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > ...the Babbage difference engine number 2: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7391593.stm > > A quote from the article: > "... in the 1930s where pioneers of the electronic computer age > reinvented all the essential principles of computing largely in > ignorance of Babbage's designs." -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
