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No color, no fancy graphics, and only two tiny blips of sound—but in 1972, Pong arrived. Created by Nolan Bushnell, this was the first popular video arcade game. It helped Bushnell launch a company called:

The real electronic revolution began in the 1960s, when computers got small. A computer with the power of huge early comüputers could now fit into a case not much larger than a toaster oven. The development which made this possible was:

In 1951, the Remington Rand typewriter company made a big mark on the computer industry by introducing:

In 1948, three scientists at Bell labs—Walter Brattain, John Bardeen, and William Shockley—came up with one of the century’s most important inventions. In the 1950s, the Japanese used it to revolutionize radio. The invention was:

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania spent the early 1940’s perfecting ENIAC, the world’s first all electronic computer. But the glory went to their competitor, whose first product was the Mark I. This 50-foot-long computer could only add, subtract, multiply and divide. The company that built Mark I was:

Using Herman Hollerith’s Punch Card Calculator, the 1890 U.S. Census was counted by machine rather than by hand for the first time. As a result:

The forerunner of modern computers was invented in 1835 by English mathematician Charles Babbage. This machine used punch cards he borrowed from:

In 1642m a French writer and philosopher named Blaise Pascal invented the first adding machine. It used eight wheels and a set of gears. In honor of his achievement:

maybe #polls also could be used for a fun #quiz ? let’s see…

“Ahhh… the history of the computer. It’s long, impressive, and you’ve probably heard it a million times—right? Well, if you’re so sure you know what’s what and who’s who in computer history, prove it! See if you can separate the silicon from the silly:”
(stolen from “enter” magazine, May 1985, written by Megan Stine and H. William Stine, https://archive.org/details/EnterMagazineVarious/Enter%20Issue%2017%20%28May%201985%29/page/n35/mode/2up?view=theater )

open thread to see the questions:

http://www.earthquake3d.com/

Watch the latest real-time earthquakes on a spinning 3D globe of the Earth.

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cyber cave been there? not sure

mh lets see how many visitors have been to the backyard
http://backyard.fragmentscenario.com/counter/counter.html

🔊 Paradise​​/​​Desperate Time - music for any vacuum
by @thuja

love the cover artwork, a container filled with foam

https://euerzimmer.bandcamp.com/album/paradise-desperate-time-music-for-any-vacuum

so here’s the last picture from this year, happy healthy 2022 everyone

🔭 stone salt source

mood

in summer i’ve seen this dog guarding a broken bridge. everyone wanted to go on the bridge but no one dared.

yay you can now get a copy of Mäandertal while you’re in Amsterdam browsing at Boekie Woekie

https://boekiewoekie.com/collections/all/products/maandertal

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