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I am soooooo not going there in the Lounge!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Good idea.
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... and sheep ...
speramus in juniperus
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And I was ready to break out in a rousing chorus for Gladis and the guys!
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"Emit chronons perhaps?"(4-6)
Should be easy.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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I up-voted by mistake.. is there any way to remove it?
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Is it "Time travel"?
Emit == time backwards
Chronon == postulated indivisible unit of time.
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
modified 5-Feb-14 4:26am.
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It is!
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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It will be!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Quote: The major problem [in time travel] is simply one of grammar, and the main work to consult in this matter is Dr. Dan Streetmentioner's Time Traveler's Handbook of 1001 Tense Formations. It will tell you, for instance, how to describe something that was about to happen to you in the past before you avoided it by time-jumping forward two days in order to avoid it. The event will be descibed differently according to whether you are talking about it from the standpoint of your own natural time, from a time in the further future, or a time in the further past and is futher complicated by the possibility of conducting conversations while you are actually traveling from one time to another with the intention of becoming your own mother or father.
Most readers get as far as the Future Semiconditionally Modified Subinverted Plagal Past Subjunctive Intentional before giving up; and in fact in later aditions of the book all pages beyond this point have been left blank to save on printing costs.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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H2GT2G
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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And I had thought that moment would never come.
I've solved a CCC, albeit an easy one, but it is my first still.
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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How did you come to know about the answer?
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How can this be missed on a computer site?
the anniversary of the first electronic computer Colossus is today
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer[^]
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Well duur. It hasn't been missed - you mentioned it!
We were all politely waiting for you to bring the subject up...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I will raise a glass to Tommy Flowers and Tony Sale tonigh,
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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Tommy Flowers a great unsung hero! [OT] You were the guy who had a car crash and had a brain scan as a result weren't you?, or have I got something else wrong today!
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Babbage difference engine was never actually completed, although the theory was sound he ballsed it up.
mechanical engines are not part of the computer age by general definition - if you include them then the first would be the abacus and no one knows when that was invented
the Z1 was a terrible car - sorry wrong German Z1, if the Z1 had been anything more than a home project it would have a been a contender otherwise
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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The Smithsonian has a lot of the early computers and they are a colossus .
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they may be colossus but they haven't "A COLOSSUS"
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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It's been quite a few years since I've been there but as I remember they had a MARK series ?Adder? on display. It's been the late 80's since I was there last!
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"I'm not going to cite you," said the officer. "I just wanted to warn you that the reflector on the back of your buggy is broken and it could be dangerous."
"I thank thee," replied the Amish lady. "I shall have my husband repair it as soon as I return home."
"Also," said the officer, "I noticed one of your reins to your horse is wrapped around his testicles. Some people might consider this cruelty to animals so you should have your husband check that too."
"Again I thank thee. I shall have my husband check this when I get home."
True to her word, when the Amish lady got home, she told her husband about the broken reflector.
He said he would put a new one on immediately.
"Also," said the Amish woman, "The policeman said there was something wrong with the emergency brake."
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