From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2007-11-11T01:02:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Current Quizmaster Retiring

On Nov 9, 2007, at 11:03 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:

> Michal Suchanek wrote:
>> I wonder why we have so many galleries with paintings and sculptures
>> but I haven't heard of one displaying exceptional pieces of code.
>
>
> Well, there may not be much *code* in museums, but there certainly  
> are plenty of ancient computing devices in them, including chunks  
> of Babbage's creations, Pascal's calculator, "Napier's Bones", and  
> calculating devices retrieved from shipwrecks in the Mediterranean  
> that date back before the birth of Jesus. Then there's Stonehenge  
> and the Mayan calendar. ;)

I saw the German "Enigma" in a museum last time I was in Washington  
D.C.  It was awesome.

James Edward Gray II