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Re: Trolls?

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On 2016-07-06, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 3:17:58 AM UTC-4, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 wrote:
>> Perhaps the real trolls in this NG are those who pollute it with
>> OT posts about politics and not we who discuss computers
>> and computing personalities?
>
> I dunno--I just read a detailed thread about stacks in Z series.
>
> In any event, computers and government/politics have always been
> deeply intertwined.  The Univac was utilized to predict the election
> not long after it came out.  Other computers were used all along
> for political analysis.  C&A is full of articles.
>

That the 1948 one?  :)


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  Re: Trolls? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-07-06 11:12 -0700
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