On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 blstuart_at_bellsouth.net wrote:
> >> > > 39th? Shouldn't it be older than that?
> Methinks ol' Herman must have been born on February 29, 1848.
Feb 29, 1860.
Therefore, 35th birthday (1900 was NOT a leap year)
Some 1890 ASCII keyboards:
http://www.computer.org/history/development/graphics/1890hol1.jpg
The reason why the 1890 census was expected to take too long
to process without Hollerith was:
A) There were too many dinosaurs to count
B) Volts flowed slower in those days
C) They were using MICROS~1 software
D) There was a shortage of 1s to use in making binary
E) The need to invent hanging chad
Received on Sun Feb 22 2004 - 22:37:04 GMT
