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Re: Paperless Stuff



Interesting that the first serious work done on building a computer
(Babbage's dream was nearly fulfilled during his lifetime, but only
actually built in the 1990s) was the result of an idea for calculating
railroad schedules accurately. Babbage was annoyed that railroad schedules
were not correct (and, as pointed out in the article, this could be dangerous).
Arel
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At 11:51 AM 3/21/2002 -0500, Holly Hodges wrote:
>http://www.newyorker.com/printable/?critics/020325crbo_books
>
>(For y'all who keep missing the link...)
<snip>
Arel Lucas
Tobacco Control Archives
Library and Center for Knowledge Management
University of California San Francisco
http://www.library.ucsf.edu/tobacco/

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