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Electronic Brain

  • May. 13th, 2008 at 4:09 PM
Mechanical
Today at a BBC historical exhibit in one of our buildings, I read a "strictly confidential" letter. It was from a manager at the BBC replying to someone that yes, they would be interested in discussing whether an "electronic brain" could help reduce BBC clerical staff.

The letter was dated 22 November, 1949.

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[info]ailie wrote:
May. 13th, 2008 03:17 pm (UTC)
I can't help but think of Desk Set.
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[info]publius_ovidius wrote:
May. 13th, 2008 04:21 pm (UTC)

From the first reply to my use.perl post of this:

I couldn't help but immediately think of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desk_Set

:)

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[info]ailie wrote:
May. 13th, 2008 04:24 pm (UTC)
OK, that's kind of creepy, but mostly awesome.
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[info]intrepidredhead wrote:
May. 13th, 2008 04:17 pm (UTC)
Hello! I just randomly friended you because [info]bsdcat linked me to your journal and you have a lot of interesting things to say.

I'm a half-Brit medievalist in New York, and I've joked for years that Ovid is my homeboy. ;)

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[info]plaidomatic wrote:
May. 13th, 2008 09:00 pm (UTC)
59 years later, and we still haven't gotten electronic brains worked out. Fuck the future.
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[info]djberg96 wrote:
May. 13th, 2008 10:54 pm (UTC)
Electronic brains? Hell, I'm still waiting for my personal jet pack!
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