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I've seen the demonstration and I go there all the time. I LOVE computer history, it's our legacy, we're standing on the shoulders of the real pioneers. Those p
by ilovecaching 8y ago
I've seen the demonstration and I go there all the time. I LOVE computer history, it's our legacy, we're standing on the shoulders of the real pioneers. Those people who had to start from punch cards and mainframe terminals... they're the ones who really knew how to program.
What's crazy is it's so unknown to the general populace. Kids learn about George Washington and Bill Gates the businessman who gave us Windows, but they have no clue who Ken and Dennis are. Punch cards are meaningless to them. They wouldn't know an old hard disk from a vinyl record box. But one day they will. One day people will realize that this was the beginning of humanity. The real beginning. The PDP-11, the 1400 series, the ENIAC.
If you haven't been to the computer history museum, go!
- justinjlynn 8y ago> One day people will realize that this was the beginning of humanity. It's important, but let's not engage in hyperbole.
- WalterBright 8y agoHe may be right. I don't think Gutenberg had any idea what he'd done, either.
- kopo 8y agoThe general populations would have to learn about thousands of people then in hundreds of fields. This notion that the general population "needs to know XYZ" is a requirement to keep celeb culture afloat, more than actual value to society. We live in the info age, which means people who are interested in a subject will easily find the people who made significant contributions.