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Babbage, A Look Back
A reader writes "System Toolbox just started a new computer history section in an effort to get us geeks in touch with our "roots." The current article in the monthly column focuses on Charles Babbage. The editor and author hope to raise awareness of our past so that scenes like this won't continue to take place. A big hill to climb, but worth the effort."
Look at the carbon nanotube articles over at physicsweb.org, they are a strong possibility for the real future of computing. Has everyone seen the video now at tomshardware of the Athlon smoking itself in 3 seconds? Carbon nanotubes do their business at room temperature!
I wonder if this Anonymous Coward realised just now what a fool he made of himself yesterday.
it's in my head
Am I the only one who thought it was strange that the article said that the frequency of the pitch used to hack phones was 2600 kHz? That's 2,600,000 Hz. Human hearing tops out around 10,000 Hz, IIRC. 2600 kHz isn't a tone, it's a radio wave, right?