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Babbage, A Look Back

Posted by Hemos on from the recognize-our-roots dept.

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."

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  1. Re:*LOL* by Troed · · Score: 1, Troll
    Anything ignorant americans write is considered funny by the rest of the world :) Slashdot is my main laughter of the day.


    Read the whole thread, the americans in there weren't joking - and that's plain scary.


    (i.e, one of them said that although yes, Europeans have cellular SMS, no one he knows see the point of having it. I guess the 3/4 of a billion (!) SMS sent _each day_ by the rest of the world just show that we're .. uh .. lagging behind the US? *lol*)

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