Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Floppies Date: 20 Sep 2025 18:36:14 GMT Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: <10884l7$173em$1@dont-email.me> <1089ge2$1fvl9$8@dont-email.me> <10a68ql$16tjt$1@dont-email.me> <68c6bbc5$0$402$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10a6rp4$1d082$5@dont-email.me> <2d9jplxvcn.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10a6t8d$1d082$8@dont-email.me> <4cnjplxbgm.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10a8lmu$1q6g1$7@dont-email.me> <1s2mplx32v.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <68cdb6b5$0$12931$426a34cc@news.free.fr> <10alus7$57hc$1@news1.tnib.de> <68cebda5$0$3358$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10amh4p$160hk$6@dont-email.me> <2MBzQ.29435$c0Da.26318@fx18.iad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 9JSatqPMHeLfLCSaS4PFdgdH3ogL4+7Alg+3RHWrHwAPmG+GPr Cancel-Lock: sha1:C4eNTbL2t3EoJfYmqbzQ0kV1cR0= sha256:ggKLneQmNtCKj7q3K3WFyHn9HKbg5WQRCBNG42Pr3bs= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:74651 On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 17:46:38 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > And also, consider that before the machines came along, a "computer" was > someone cranking away on a calculator or slide rule, usually in a > roomful of other people doing the same thing, e.g. to crunch numbers for > the atomic bomb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Henry_Briggs_(mathematician)#Mathematical_contributions Briggs probably had a roomful of 'computers' with sharp pencils cranking out his tables.