On 2018-08-18 5:30 AM, Dave Wade via cctalk wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Liam Proven via >> cctalk >> Sent: 18 August 2018 09:15 >> To: Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk@classiccmp.org> >> Subject: Interesting blog post on Zuse >> >> Konrad Zuse, Alan Turing, and the World’s First Computer Startup POSTED >> ON OCTOBER 18, 2013 · POSTED IN STARTUPS >> <http://www.nathanzeldes.com/blog/category/startups/> >> >> >> http://www.nathanzeldes.com/blog/2013/10/konrad-zuse-alan-turing- >> worlds-first-computer-startup/ >> > > It’s a common thing. Folks want Turing to be involved in all computers, but > in fact even the ACE which he designed wasn't completed until he left the > National Physical Laboratory.... > ... but the design was still significantly faster than other computers of the > time, and by the time he died he was working on the mathematics of biology > and morphogenesis using, using not designing computers, and complaining he > couldn't get enough time on the Manchester Mk1. He was really interested in > computers as learning and intelligent devices. He insisted the Manchester Mk1 > could generate random numbers. I wonder what he would have made of the self > driving car....
Given his reputed intelligence I'd expect him to ask, "*what* self driving car?" > > Dave > >> >> >> -- >> Sent from my smartphone. Please pardon brevity & typos. > >
