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Two other under-rated features of an analog computer are: - Limited state. That sundial has fixed storage requirements. - Hard to hack. If it ain't got an IP
by smitty1e 4y ago
Two other under-rated features of an analog computer are:
- Limited state. That sundial has fixed storage requirements.
- Hard to hack. If it ain't got an IP address, the Elbonians can't tamper with it.
- News-Dog 4y agoI well remember when analog computers were used for real-time missile targeting and trajectory tracking. Analog Computer : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer History of Computing Hardware § Analog Computers : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware#Analog_computers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware#... Timeline of Computing Hardware before 1950 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_computing_hardware_before_1950 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_computing_hardware...
- smitty1e 4y agoSee your missiles; raise you the big guns http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-056.php http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-056.php (I was an Aegis guy back at the end of the Cold War)