Victorian 'supercomputer' is reborn »
Posted By engineer 1 year, 6 months ago in Science & TechnologyThe world of computing could have been very different to that of today had a machine that was designed over 150 years ago been built at the time.
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There were vast collections of knowledge in ancient repositories that were deliberately destroyed by conquerors who didn't understand what they were destroying or were afraid that this knowledge was too dangerous. Of course this isn't applicable to the victorian computer, but there are many inventions that we use now, that had been thought of hundreds if not thousands of years ago. Good post!
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