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Re:Knitting as programming by callan on Thursday May 17, 2012 @09:39AM (#3986882)
NASA in fact did knit memories for the Apollo guidance computer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_rope_memory

"Software written by MIT programmers was woven into core rope memory by female workers in factories. Some programmers nicknamed the finished product LOL memory, for Little Old Lady memory"

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