Staring Down a Revolution: Questions for Sid Karin

Mark of THE CITY writes "Mark of THE CITY writes "Since helping to found the San Diego Supercomputer Center in the 1980s, Sid Karin has distinguished himself as a national expert on digital technology and its possibilities for scientific research. Go here for the full interview."

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First Prime Factorization Post

[2*2*3*75011]

Factorization of the 1980s:

1980 = 2*2*3*3*5*11
1981 = 7*283
1982 = 2*991
1983 = 3*661
1984 = 2*2*2*2*2*2*31
1985 = 5*397
1986 = 2*3*331
1987 is prime
1988 = 2*2*7*71
1989 = 3*3*13*17

Re:mmm?

[I confirm I'm not a]

Does he mean that the bell would have to be rung so that people will stay clear of the vehicle? If so, why not affix the bell to the car?

(From wikipedia)
...a backlash against these large speedy vehicles resulted in passing laws that self-propelled vehicles on public roads in the United Kingdom must be preceded by a man on foot waving a red flag and blowing a horn.

So, a vehicular-mounted bell wouldn't cut it - you needed the full servant-with-flag-and-horn set-up to remain lawful. This wasn't as hard as it might seem; at that time if you could afford a motor vehicle you could afford numerous servants. (And if you couldn't afford servants, you wouldn't be voting anyway and consequently didn't matter).

This was during the 19th century, but, to be fair, we're still capable of silly ideas now ;-)