Thought for the day

[gaf at zk3.dec.com (Jerry Feldman, USG-DE, ZKO3-3/Y25, DTN:381-2970)]

"On two occasions I have been asked [by Members of Parliament], `Pray,
Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the
right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind
of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."

  - Charles Babbage (inventor of the Difference Engine, and early 
    mechanical computer).

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Jerry Feldman            Unix Systems - Development Engineering
Mailstop: ZKO3-3/Y25     (603)881-2970, DTN:381-2970, 
Digital Equipment Corp.  gaf at zk3.dec.com
110 Spitbrook Rd.        
Nashua, NH 03062-9987    
Member Boston Computer Society BOD : gaf at bcs.org
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