https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/22/happy-birthday-the-computer-an/ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:22:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/22/happy-birthday-the-computer-an/#comment-10133 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:22:45 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/06/22/happy-birthday-the-computer-an/#comment-10133 =LOL= My former father-in-law worked at IBM for most of his career. When my ex and I bought our first home computer (a Commode 64!) in 1979 or thereabouts, he made a big show out of telling us about the great day when IBM broke the 2k barrier!

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/22/happy-birthday-the-computer-an/#comment-10132 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:12:56 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/06/22/happy-birthday-the-computer-an/#comment-10132 A Las Flores, California 18 year old high school student could be in prison until he is 56 years old for hacking/cracking the school’s computer, changing his grades, other student’s grades, and changing his AP scores..Idiots. They need to offer a plea bargain: stay out of jail by working for NSA or DoD. Put his knowledge to good work for the country.No wait – hire him to hack Dick Cheney’s emails!

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/22/happy-birthday-the-computer-an/#comment-10131 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:10:48 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/06/22/happy-birthday-the-computer-an/#comment-10131 “The term byte was coined by Dr. Werner Buchholz in July 1956” (wikipedia)I supposed this is a translation. Like, the Dutch did not really buy Manhattan for 24 dollars. It was guilders or something.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/06/22/happy-birthday-the-computer-an/#comment-10130 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:42:09 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/06/22/happy-birthday-the-computer-an/#comment-10130 Bytes!? There were bytes in the Summer of ’48? I don’t think so…

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