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I'm not trying to be snarky, but I did not know the Manhattan Project used (non-human) computers in any significant way. None of the documentaries/specials I've
by chadgeidel 15y ago
I'm not trying to be snarky, but I did not know the Manhattan Project used (non-human) computers in any significant way. None of the documentaries/specials I've seen have mentioned any use.
Would you care to enlighten me?
- stcredzero 15y agoThey used IBM machines with punch cards to do (what were then) large numbers of automated computations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_IBM#1939-1945:_World_War_II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_IBM#1939-1945:_World... Feynman often used to rib Danny Hillis about Computer Science being a fluff field, since he'd already done all that stuff using primitive machines back in the 40's.
- chadgeidel 15y agoThanks for that.