Re:NirSoft Freeware (2008)
by carapace on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @01:24AM
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A miller operates a mill. The joke hinges on the idea of a computer as a "mill" for information, a symbol grinder.
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Re:NirSoft Freeware (2008)
by kwhitefoot on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @01:42AM
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Babbage called the 'cpu' in the Analytical engine the 'mill'.