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Boolean Logic : George Boole's The Laws of Thought

Posted by michael on from the 1010001000110000111 dept.

Ian writes "The Globe and Mail has a piece about the man behind Boolean Logic - George Boole - The Isaac Newton of logic. 'It was 150 years ago that George Boole published his classic The Laws of Thought, in which he outlined concepts that form the underpinnings of the modern high-speed computer.'"

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  1. Boolean Logic by amigoro · · Score: 5, Funny
    A comment has to be insightful AND funny OR it is NOT worth reading.

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    1. Re:Boolean Logic by NemosomeN · · Score: 5, Funny

      A comment has to be insightful AND funny XOR it is NOT worth reading. Otherwise it makes that statement almost completely meaningless... hehe.

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  2. Bug found by a Bug by jeepee · · Score: 4, Funny


    Grace Hopper Found a bug? Was it a Grasshopper?

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  3. Why... by Phosphor3k · · Score: 5, Funny

    Offtopic: Why did it take me 15 seconds to realize the word "Google" was no where in the story title? Anyone else have that problem?

  4. Funny name by DRUNK_BEAR · · Score: 4, Funny

    Am I the only one who finds that name Grace Hopper and the expression "computer bug" go well together? :oP

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  5. Re:Boole Was Ada's Teacher by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 5, Funny
    Some people also don't think that Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine was the world's first computer.

    It was, however, the world's first vaporware.