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Posted on May 18th, 2005
Although I’m almost done reading William Gibson & Bruce Sterling’s ‘Difference Engine’, I’m not particularly drawn into the story. But the work of Charles Babbage that portions of the book are based on is amazing - especially his Analytical Engine - basically a hugh-genghis (big) mechanical computer, complete with printer that would have needed a steam engine to operate back in te 1830s when it was conceived! Just as moggling (mind boggling) is the fact that the inventors of the modern electronic computer didn’t have any clue of his wealth of similar research!
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