Corrections to trivia

From: Marty <Marty_at_itgonline.com>
Date: Tue Oct 6 12:08:23 1998

 A BBC series entitled 'Connections,' hosted (I believe) by James Burke
 was fascinating as it culled a wide range of seemingly disparate and
 unrelated inventions and discoveries which led to some profound
 changes in technological progress. It is this 'trivia' that I find
 interesting especially when an idea laid dormant for years is realized
 by the advancement of technology.
 
 Marty
  


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Subject: Re: Corrections to trivia
Author: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu at internet
Date: 10/6/98 11:31 AM


>> Babbage was not the first to come up with the idea of a computer, but you
>> can trace the development of modern computers back to him. You can't do
>> anything like that with Holt's chip -- it had no influence. Maybe there
>> were other Big Bangs before The Big Bang, but if they didn't create a
>> Universe, nobody cares.
 
> I think this attitude in general carelessly disregards an amazing body of
> work.
 
 I always belives it's a kind of anglo american attitude
 toward non US (and GB) archievments around the world, but
 I'm glad to see that it's even comon within.
 
 SCNR
 Gruss
 H.
 
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 HRK
 
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