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To: raisetheroof

“I thought the first computer was the abacus. Invented about 5000 years ago.”

Somewhat. The abacus was more of a calculator than a computer. A computer, as I understand it, had the ability to understand a “branch” ... by this, I mean that you can instruct a machine that “if X occurs, then do Y, else do Z”.

An abacus cannot do that.

However, glorious scientists in USSA (or whatever new history will say) invented computer to communicate. All heil government. All heil ‘O’.


3,577 posted on 10/07/2008 7:11:31 PM PDT by edh (I need a better tagline)
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To: edh

McCain should say “Americans pronounce it PACK i stan” and TAIL i ban.”


3,630 posted on 10/07/2008 7:12:32 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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On Bin Laden: Seriously the dude is ALREADY dead! He’s under 6 ft. of blowing sand somewhere right now. The WOT is NOT one person!


3,649 posted on 10/07/2008 7:12:55 PM PDT by LibertyRocks ( http://LibertyRocks.wordpress.com ~ Pro-Palin & NObama Gear : http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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