On Thursday, June 23, 2022 at 7:43:21 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:
> On Jun 22, 2022, Don Stockbauer wrote
> (in article<aa2ca7bb-865b-4807...@googlegroups.com>):
> > 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?
> The London Computer History Museum(if I recall correctly) built the first one
> but
> ran out of money to build the printer for it. So a Silicon Valley millionaire
> gave them the money to finish and to build a second one for him.
>
> Until he could find a place for it first in his home ( probably his wife
> objected)
> then in his business it was kept at the Computer History Museum in Mountain
> View.
>
> During the day, at specified times, the staff would demonstrate it in
> operation.
> Go to YouTube,com and search for babbage difference engine 2
> 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

In Douglas Hofstadter's tome "Godel, Escher, Bach" on page 740 he made a reverse acronym
and it goes : C, EGABBAB: "Compose ever greater artificial brains (by and by)." I changed it a little and came up with "Compose ever greater global systems (by and by)." I sent that to him July 17, 2003 , he didn't reply although he did reply to a lot of things I sent him . The only trouble is it's impossible to know if it was he or a graduate student. I'm like Asimov was , a one-man show.
Oh well, no pun.