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Re:The first appearance of a real computer in a comic book by myself248 on Saturday September 26, 2020 @03:34PM (#24601521)
"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 rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." -- Charles Babbage
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Re:The first appearance of a real computer in a comic book by mechagodzilla on Saturday September 26, 2020 @07:29PM (#24602960)
In their defense, that's a great way to filter out snake oil salesmen that would happily take your money and promise you a machine that will give you the right answer no matter what.
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