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Quite right, I was aware of the German work. Forgot it was called the Z3. The Nazis didn't see what it was good for.
Destroyed by bombing if I remember. Another first.
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The first "modern" computer build the german civil engineer Konrad Zuse.
A memorial in Berlin (Germany) .
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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Wow. Thanks for dissipating some of my ignorance
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Interesting article.
I've seen the one at the Smithsonian, it's pretty cool.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
There's a fine line between crazy and free spirited and it's usually a prescription.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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Leslie[^]
Kent beat you to it.
Marc
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I keep getting lost on the way to the forum.
And no.
It wasn't a funny thing.
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Simon O'Riordan from UK wrote: the World's First Computer was Collossus at Bletchley Park, or even Charles Babbage's 'Difference Engine' The difference engine may or may not really count as a computer, but the Royal Navy had genuine analogue computers during World War 1 -- a major historical point is that the Admiralty refused to use them for targeting at the battle of Jutland.
A major not-really-historical point is that some countries' armed forces manage to actually keep things secret, no matter how much money can be made from selling them or claiming ownership.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Well, how about the Antikythera Mechanism circa 3rd. century BCE (Before Common Era). It's age has, recently, been reported to be at least a century older than previously thought: [^].
The Antikythera Project and Musuem: [^].
Another Antikythera site: [^].
Videos: [^].
But, it's not digital.
«If you search in Google for 'no-one ever got fired for buying IBM:' the top-hit is the Wikipedia article on 'Fear, uncertainty and doubt'» What does that tell you about sanity in these times?
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Walter Isaacson's "The Innovators" contains an excellent history of early computing and the individuals involved.
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As many of you know, I'm with the Swiss Air Force (and will be until March '15).
I know that some of you are gun enthusiastic, and decided to post a little writeup about the Army guns I used during the past few months.
I initially got the SIG 550 assault rifle, but since they found me a good fit as SFC I was given the SIG P220[^].
The rifle is very precise over a distance to up to 500 meters, and reasonably easy to keep clean. I still like the P220 better, though. Of course you can't really compare these two directly, one is an assault rifle and the other one a handgun, so this judgement might be because I like handguns better. However, the P220 is very neat - Precise, reliable and lies nice in my hand. Went shooting it yesterday, 20 rounds on a 10 point target. Got 181 points out of 200, not too bad that it was the first time I shot this gun (I used the instructor's gun the time I went shooting before).
The console is a black place
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Marco Bertschi wrote: As many of you know, I'm with the Swiss Air Force
I didn't even know the Swiss had an Air Force, let alone you had joined them!
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Sombody has to wind up the cuckoo clocks and democracy.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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They are hiding planes in the mountains.
Marco did not join, he is there for the mandatory military service.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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They have a Navy[^] as well!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Yeah - but Canadia isn't landlocked!
Icelocked, perhaps...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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181 of 200 ain't bad for a first time.
Are these standard competition targets?
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I don't know what you call "standard", but they're standard in Switzerland.
Edit: It's closely looking to this[^], but not that narrow.
The console is a black place
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Standard Precision Target looks like this[^].
The outermost ring is 500mm diameter and the black part in the middle (7) is 200mm diameter.
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Marco Bertschi wrote: Precise
The good thing with an assault rifle is that you do not care about precision : one of the dozens of bullet that are fired every second will eventually hit.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Except that after 3 second you emptied the magazine
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Probably also true for the P220
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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