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Was Zuse's Z3 the First Programmable Computer?
Roland Piquepaille writes "Several years before the Colossus in the U.K. and the ENIAC in the U.S., the Z3, built by Konrad Zuse in 1941, was crunching numbers in Germany. In a short article, the Register reports on allegations that the Z3 was the first programmable computer. Based on a binary floating-point number and switching system, it had all the attributes of today's computers, such as a control block, a memory, and a calculator. But it didn't have the ability to store the program in the memory together with the data because the memory was too small. It had a 64-word memory of 22 bits each and was able to handle four additions per second and to do a multiplication in about five seconds. And it was pretty big: five meters long, two meters high, and 80 centimeters wide. It was destroyed during WWII, and later rebuilt in 1960/1961. You'll find more details, pictures and references in this analysis of this ancestor of modern computing. [Additional note: you can find other references to the Z3, Colossus and Eniac computers in this former Slashdot item, posted in October 2000.]"
Give it a year and we'll have a US film released about how 'they' designed the first ever computer,... in the stone age.
I can stand an offtopic so-
NO. We've had lots of idiots propped up by others in this country- though this might be the first one who wasn't a war hero.
SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.
Duhh, do you even read any of the Holocaust propaganda?
Those 6 million aren't even claimed to be from Germany! Sheesh...
Most of the Jews who were supposedly executed were from Poland, the Ukraine, and other Slavic lands.
The reason for this is simple, starting in 1935 Jews were REQUIRED to leave Germany as soon as possible. That is 8 full years before the holocaust ever was supposedly implemented, and four years before the French and English declared war on Germany, and five years before fighting even began.
GP states the obvious, that had Hitler rallied the Jews to his side, he would have had more workers and more soldiers!
Why don't you sit down and read Mein Kampf someday. Germany was NOT fighting just to fight. They were fighting to create a homeland for their people, just as Israel is fighting to maintain their homeland.
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Jews were required to leave so it was OK to kill them? Are you really arguing that?
Please tell me where I am arguing that. The parent poster seems to think those 6,000,000 Jews who were killed were from Germany. Since 6,000,000 is the official number, are you arguing that the Nazis didn't kill any Jews from any other country?
German Jews were often prevented from leaving under the assumption they would take their property with them.
You really don't know what you are talking about. The Jews had their property confiscated. A large collection of mansions in Berlin was converted into a school for the Hitler Youth. Things like artwork were put in national museums.
Why don't you read up on the Nuhremberg laws to start
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do you really think I will respond to your post of complete utter bullshit?
How about this, you post a link to a single WEBSITE (no books here) that discusses anything you are talking about. Hint, you won't find one.
Anyway, enjoy your indoctrination. Did you know you will spend one quarter of your life working to pay interest? Maybe if you are smart, you will ask who gets that money.
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