The Computer Labs That Created the Digital World

MrSeb writes "In the time of Socrates, Plato and Cicero, great minds came together in local forums or sophist schools. The Enlightenment of the 18th century was triggered by homely gatherings at salons and fueled by the steaming hotpot of coffeehouses and caffeine. Today we still use forums, of course, and plenty of inventions and insight still originate from coffeehouses, but most innovation occurs in laboratories. ExtremeTech takes a look at the six computer labs that gave birth to the digital world — from Bletchley Park in Blighty, to PARC labs in Palo Alto, and everything in between."

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Re:Volta Labs?

[webmistressrachel]

"Nearly nobody has ever heard of it?"

You stupid fucker, that's because you've gone about rewriting the history of computing, and you dominate the Internet with posts like the one I replied to.

Where do I claim that Manchester is the "center" of the internet? Alan Turing is the forefather of modern computing, and the "Manchester Baby" was the prototype of the aforementioned first commercial programmable computer.

How the hell can you justify telling me to "piss off, ya tosser" when I posted a FACT, disputing yet another Amero-centric attempt at twisting people's perceptions of history. And you wonder why the rest of the world hates America and Americans, you even play that card in your attempt to turn groupthink against me.

So in one post, you confirm that you're bullies, that you wish to downplay others' achievements ("nor is particular accredited") - Turing Machine you dumbass!!!! and you are liars - attributing something I never said to me. Fucking die and leave others to create a fair and just society - hey, I'll give you this one for free - it's called Manchester Capitalism (yes it fucking is do your research before trolling again) and it's something we WISH we could re-write here in Manchester!!!