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A chess-playing computer had been suggested as early as 1864, and the first machine able to carry out a "program" was invented in Spain in 1914 by the engineer

by fduran 12y ago

A chess-playing computer had been suggested as early as 1864, and the first machine able to carry out a "program" was invented in Spain in 1914 by the engineer Leonardo Torres-Quevedo and called Ajedrecista http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ajedrecista http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ajedrecista

jfoutz 12y ago
Site in general is NSFW, this specific comic has some swearing. Disclamer aside, I always thought this was a pretty hilarious alternative to real automation, in the spirit of the xkcd security wrench. http://media.oglaf.com/comic/theautomaton.jpg http://media.oglaf.com/comic/theautomaton.jpg

A chess-playing computer had been suggested as early as 1864, and the first machine able to carry out a "program" was invented in Spain in 1914 by the engineer

A chess-playing computer had been suggested as early as 1864, and the first machine able to carry out a "program" was invented in Spain in 1914 by the engineer

A chess-playing computer had been suggested as early as 1864, and the first machine able to carry out a "program" was invented in Spain in 1914 by the engineer

A chess-playing computer had been suggested as early as 1864, and the first machine able to carry out a "program" was invented in Spain in 1914 by the engineer