20th September 2005, 7:47 PM
I was thinking I was going to be translated as "a virgin" or "a vulcan", but from what I understand that's sort of a compliment.
"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)