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Lovelace – The Origin

115 points by hamidr 14y ago

bazzargh 14y ago
If you're on twitter, Sydney Padua's doing a draw to give away some of the original Lovelace & Babbage art today: https://twitter.com/sydneypadua/status/278092306761015297 https://twitter.com/sydneypadua/status/278092306761015297 (by telling you this, I'm making my chances of winning worse, aren't I? aagh)
ck2 14y ago
Actual paper by Ada Lovelace (translated) http://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/sketch.html http://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/sketch.html
markokocic 14y ago
Wow, didn't know she was a daughter of Lord Byron, the famous poet.
- arethuza 14y ago
  The wikipedia entry on Lord "mad, bad and dangerous to know" Byron makes fairly entertaining reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron
  - yolesaber 14y ago
    If you enjoy decadent and bombastic poets, might I recommend a favorite of mine? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilmot,_2nd_Earl_of_Rochester http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilmot,_2nd_Earl_of_Roches... Rochester told the historian Gilbert Burnet that, "for five years together he was continually drunk; not all the while under the visible effect of it." He was repeatedly banished—and as often recalled—by the King he scurrilously lampooned. Drinking made him "extravagantly pleasant"; it also led to disgraces such as the destruction of a royal sundial and a brawl at Epsom in which his friend Mr. Downes was killed.
- toyg 14y ago
  "Famous poet", referred to Byron, is... quite an understatement. A more appropriate definition would be something like ROCK'N'ROLL SEX GOD who occasionally wrote poetry.
kriro 14y ago
Pretty nice. Love the use of "hitherto" :)
JasonFruit 14y ago
It's unfortunate that the site is so badly arranged; the comic is sweet, especially Brunel.
toyg 14y ago
2D Goggles is a fantastic read. It's funny and entertaining, packing a huge number of references to real facts (thanks in great part to Babbage's own self-glorifying writings). Half the fun is reading the notes and discovering Lovelace really did meet Brunel, Babbage really did hate street musicians, and so on. It brings to life a certain exhilaration in English society during the industrial revolution, when people thought every problem could be solved with the right (steam-based) technology... not unlike what you might find in the Bay Area these days.
- justincormack 14y ago
  Babbage's writings? Ada's are much better, and arguably why Babbage is even remembered.

115 points by hamidr 14y ago

If you're on twitter, Sydney Padua's doing a draw to give away some of the original Lovelace & Babbage art today: https://twitter.com/sydneypadua/status/278092306761015297 https://twitter.com/sydneypadua/status/278092306761015297 (by telling you this, I'm making my chances of winning worse, aren't I? aagh)

ck2 14y ago

Actual paper by Ada Lovelace (translated) http://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/sketch.html http://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/sketch.html

markokocic 14y ago

Wow, didn't know she was a daughter of Lord Byron, the famous poet.

arethuza 14y ago
The wikipedia entry on Lord "mad, bad and dangerous to know" Byron makes fairly entertaining reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron
- yolesaber 14y ago
  If you enjoy decadent and bombastic poets, might I recommend a favorite of mine? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilmot,_2nd_Earl_of_Rochester http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilmot,_2nd_Earl_of_Roches... Rochester told the historian Gilbert Burnet that, "for five years together he was continually drunk; not all the while under the visible effect of it." He was repeatedly banished—and as often recalled—by the King he scurrilously lampooned. Drinking made him "extravagantly pleasant"; it also led to disgraces such as the destruction of a royal sundial and a brawl at Epsom in which his friend Mr. Downes was killed.
toyg 14y ago
"Famous poet", referred to Byron, is... quite an understatement. A more appropriate definition would be something like ROCK'N'ROLL SEX GOD who occasionally wrote poetry.

kriro 14y ago

Pretty nice. Love the use of "hitherto" :)

JasonFruit 14y ago

It's unfortunate that the site is so badly arranged; the comic is sweet, especially Brunel.

toyg 14y ago

2D Goggles is a fantastic read. It's funny and entertaining, packing a huge number of references to real facts (thanks in great part to Babbage's own self-glorifying writings). Half the fun is reading the notes and discovering Lovelace really did meet Brunel, Babbage really did hate street musicians, and so on. It brings to life a certain exhilaration in English society during the industrial revolution, when people thought every problem could be solved with the right (steam-based) technology... not unlike what you might find in the Bay Area these days.

justincormack 14y ago
Babbage's writings? Ada's are much better, and arguably why Babbage is even remembered.