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Happy Birthday, Von Neumann (And Linus!)

Posted by timothy on from the what-have-the-romans-done-for-us dept.

noims writes "Sunday is the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of John Von Neumann, the man with one of the strongest claims to the title of Father of Modern Computing. Although, as noted at the time by Mark Stanley of Freefall, several sources indicate that it may have been December 3rd." Update: 12/28 01:07 GMT by T : deja206 writes "Today (December 28, CET) also is Linus Torvalds' 34th birthday. Now we probably wouldn't be here talking about all this stuff if it weren't for him. Thank you for Linux, happy birthday!"

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  1. 'Cause up to then I didn't have an idee, by wardomon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    of what the modren world was comin' to.

    Oooooklahoma!

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  2. Who is the father of spell check? by PFactor · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That guy should get some friggin cash - he's sorely needed!

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