2nd October 2008, 4:41 PM
How many words does he make up where he doesn't need to?
For example, does he refer to the internet as the "gran connexion"?
For example, does he refer to the internet as the "gran connexion"?
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)