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It's always amazing to see how people computed in the time of Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe.

just kidding...but I can't help but wonder if even the people who are kids now will realize this stuff isn't from the nineteenth century... I mean, just look at the device you're reading this on :) We've come a long, long way.



"It's always amazing to see how people computed in the time of Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe." - Then you'll love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rzAL5YwFow .


Thanks for the video. Can't wait for jgrahamc to build it.




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