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An Early Computer Was Based on a Urinal Flush Mechanism
- ENTP 11y agoIs this where the notion of "overflow" comes from?
- agumonkey 11y agoOnly if it's a full bladder.
- masswerk 11y agoNotably this wasn't the first water computer. Compare 1) Water Integrator, Vladimir Lukyanov, Soviet Union 1936 2) The MONIAC (Monetary National Income Analogue Computer) or Phillips Hydraulic Computer (also known as the Phillips Machine), William Phillips, GB 1949 [1] http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=es&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nkj.ru%2Farchive%2Farticles%2F7033%2F http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=... [2] http://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/may/08/bankofenglandgovernor.economics http://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/may/08/bankofenglan... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_-uGHWz_k0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_-uGHWz_k0 (Video, 2009)
- agumonkey 11y agoMONIAC, according to Wikipedia, comes from Money and ENIAC. But I can't stop smiling seeing Urine and *moniac in the same thread. Destiny.