On 01/26/2017 07:50 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: >> Even the phrase "shipped" need not be when the customer starts >> printing out the nine billion names of god. (1953, so it >> predates the 7074) > > OK, that was a "Mark V, Automatic Sequence Computer". > > In the story, Chuck (no last name, so not confirmed to be OUR > Chuck), had the last word: "Look" > > http://downlode.org/Etext/nine_billion_names_of_god.html
I remember reading that one many years ago. The bit about the stars quietly winking out at the end stuck in my mind.-- Nine Giganames doesn't seem so much in our days of tera- and peta- and yottawhatsis. --Chuck
