George Dyson's continued downplaying of British computing efforts is tiresome

Re:George Dyson's continued downplaying of British computing... by blasterford on Thursday March 08, 2012 @10:08AM (#3679951)

People don't want complicated history. They want "The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell". Even if it's factually incorrect or obscures the real story.

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Re:George Dyson's continued downplaying of British computing... by slowpoke on Thursday March 08, 2012 @10:55AM (#3680148)

There are some things where you should never give the people what they want. False history is one of these things.

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Re:George Dyson's continued downplaying of British computing... by blasterford on Thursday March 08, 2012 @12:02PM (#3680506)

  Elphaba, Where I Come From, We Believe All Sorts Of Things
  That Aren't True. We Call It History.

  A Man's Called A Traitor
  Or Liberator. A Rich Man's A Thief
  Or Philanthropist. Is One A Crusader
  or ruthless invader? It's all in which label
  is able to persist.

  There Are Precious Few At Ease
  With Moral Ambiguities, So We Act As Though They Don't Exist.

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