On Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 12:53:00 PM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> On Jun 22, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> (in article<66a468e4-aaf1-4128...@googlegroups.com>):
> > On Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at 12:29:23 PM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > On Jun 21, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > (in article<a7c04f28-4dea-461c...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > lol On Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at 4:14:46 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > On Jun 20, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > (in article<24dba714-468b-4dcb...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > On Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 2:39:03 PM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > On Jun 19, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > (in article<9623568e-2285-4d85...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > On Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 5:50:44 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On Jun 18, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > (in article<e9d2808d-3e35-4828...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, June 18, 2022 at 3:22:02 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 17, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> > > > > > > > > > > (in article<bfd6e6da-41b0-4475...@googlegroups.com>):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Did you check to see if he had a shrine?? That would make him a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Shriner....
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > He had a shrine but it was not what you would call a convention
> > > > > > > > > > > > > But did have a parade
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHNRWoE2U2A
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > The term "lemmings" comes to mind.
> > > > > > > > > > > I will not give you car-d Blanch on that
> > > > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > I went to Catholic school there was a nun there named Sister Blanche
> > > > > > > > > > who
> > > > > > > > > > was
> > > > > > > > > > the librarian. she insisted on absolute quiet within her domain. One
> > > > > > > > > > day
> > > > > > > > > > Michael Hennessey brought a fire cracker into the library and
> > > > > > > > > > exploded
> > > > > > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > I thought ehe was going to have a heart attack . Fast Times at
> > > > > > > > > > Ridgemont
> > > > > > > > > > high
> > > > > > > > > > .
> > > > > > > > > Did she chase him down while wielding Nun-chucks???
> > > > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > No, but she upchucked at the unexpected loud noise in the classroom.
> > > > > > > Why would you throw up that poor example before me???
> > > > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I had some footballs and I wanted to see how well they flew through the
> > > > > > air ,
> > > > > > some were good examples of flying through the air, some were bad examples
> > > > > > . I
> > > > > > waited till you came over then I threw up the bad example to you.
> > > > > Which put a bad spin on the thread.
> > > > > Michael LeVine
> > > > > mle...@redshift.com
> > > > >
> > > > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > > > finding it everywhere,
> > > > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > > > Groucho Marx
> > > >
> > > > We certainly can't have a bad spin on the thread because the thread will
> > > > come
> > > > undone just like that Guess Who song then when we try to operate our
> > > > Jacquard
> > > > loom it won't work right and computers will never be invented which might
> > > > be
> > > > a good thing.
> > > But it existed so the difference engine-erred computing to where it is now.
> > > Michael LeVine
> > > mle...@redshift.com
> > >
> > > Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> > > finding it everywhere,
> > > diagnosing it incorrectly,
> > > and applying the wrong remedies.
> > > Groucho Marx
> >
> > that Babbage did you know that he would do stuff like he would get financing
> > on a project and he did it till say 70% complete then he'd go back to the
> > financier and say for the amount of money you would pay me to finish this 30%
> > I can build you a new and better machine and he did that repeatedly also did
> > you know that lady Ada wrote a mathematical treatise on the analytical engine
> > which was never built by the way and that it is so complex and all full of
> > all kind of strange mathematical symbols that I couldnt understand because I
> > only have a BA in astronomy , that I started to read it but then I had to
> > give up?
> Yes, she also had a computer language named after her.
> I actually have seen the difference engine (serial number 2) in action
> when it was at the Computer History Museum.
>
> There is a project to actually build the analytical engine.
> https://blog.plan28.org
> Michael LeVine
> mle...@redshift.com
>
> Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
> finding it everywhere,
> diagnosing it incorrectly,
> and applying the wrong remedies.
> Groucho Marx

Yes the language is called Ada , it was written for the DOD , I studied it at Johnson space Center while I was there , so you've seen an actual working difference engine and you say serial number two ,how many did they build altogether?