Sunday, December 26, 2004
The Father of the Difference Engine Is Born
Today in Alternate History:
in 3761, a day after an unusual visit by three mysteriously disappointed men bearing wonderfully wealthy gifts, not to mention having a bright star shine in her eyes the entire previous night, a young Hebrew woman gave birth to a healthy boy she and her husband named Yeshua. He grew up to be an impressive carpenter in their home village of Nazareth.
in 1792, Charles Babbage, a mathematical genius truly ahead of his time, was born this day near London, England. He developed the plans for a massive calculating machine he called the Difference Engine. Although he died without seeing the machine built, the Difference Engine he designed was built by Thomas Edison in 1872, and revolutionized the world.
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P.G. Wodehouse, 1957
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"Humourists have been scared out of the business by the touchiness now
prevailing in every section of the community. Wherever you look, on every
shoulder ...
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