Re:A Chronology of Computing at Columbia University
by jxramos on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @07:50PM
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A goofy connection here but wow, this gives new perspective on Eric Fensler's line in Fenslerfilm GI Joe PSA 15 - computer, "I'm a computer" (https://youtu.be/7g__E2z3kBA?t=14)
"Computer" was an actual job title in those days, referring to someone whose job was to compute -- usually tables from formulas -- by hand or using a mechanical calculator (more about this in Herb Grosch's Computer, Bit Slices of a Life, e.g. on page 4).
"Computer" was an actual job title in those days, referring to someone whose job was to compute -- usually tables from formulas -- by hand or using a mechanical calculator (more about this in Herb Grosch's Computer, Bit Slices of a Life, e.g. on page 4).