It's National Inventor's Month

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It's National Inventor's Month

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7th August 2003, 2:36 PM

Hard to say, but the computer's most basic construct can be traced all the way back to the 1800's, before electricity (well, before it got used by us). It was something called the analytical engine.

"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)

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It's National Inventor's Month - by Dark Jaguar - 6th August 2003, 6:03 PM

It's National Inventor's Month - by Great Rumbler - 6th August 2003, 6:25 PM

It's National Inventor's Month - by Undertow - 6th August 2003, 6:58 PM

It's National Inventor's Month - by A Black Falcon - 6th August 2003, 7:58 PM

It's National Inventor's Month - by alien space marine - 7th August 2003, 2:14 PM

It's National Inventor's Month - by Dark Jaguar - 7th August 2003, 2:36 PM

It's National Inventor's Month - by Undertow - 7th August 2003, 2:46 PM

It's National Inventor's Month - by A Black Falcon - 7th August 2003, 3:25 PM

It's National Inventor's Month - by Undertow - 7th August 2003, 3:51 PM

It's National Inventor's Month - by alien space marine - 7th August 2003, 3:51 PM

It's National Inventor's Month - by Laser Link - 7th August 2003, 5:09 PM

It's National Inventor's Month - by Dark Jaguar - 7th August 2003, 5:51 PM

It's National Inventor's Month - by A Black Falcon - 7th August 2003, 6:06 PM

It's National Inventor's Month - by -iLluSiON- - 9th August 2003, 11:59 AM

It's National Inventor's Month - by Laser Link - 12th August 2003, 8:19 PM

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