>Yes -- that's where I picked that tidbit up! But I can never tell when
>Mr. Feynman is joking.
Cool 8).
>I also recall him describing the *original* Survivor PCs, the great
>electromechanical brutes used during World War II. Feynman was one
>of the first to identify the "computer disease." Men exposed to
>computers would spend more and more of their time writing programs to
>extract cube roots or play Tic-Tac-Toe ... while letting the serious
>business of the Manhattan Project slide. A real American original,
>Dick Feynman.
I always remember the way he describes fiddling with one machine when it had
been delivered, because it wasn't working, and didn't want to bend a little bit
back in case it snapped off :) Sounds like some of my machines really...
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Ben A L Jemmett ICQ: 9848866 JGSD e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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