Important IBM 701 Anniversary
On this day in history, April 1 1952 The IBM 701 computer successfully calculated with highest precision the universe "atomic core number" is 41.99349992(etc). rounded up to 42. This is the source of the tongue-in-cheek Hitchhiker's Guide book reference.
:D On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 6:20 PM Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On this day in history, April 1 1952 The IBM 701 computer successfully calculated with highest precision the universe "atomic core number" is 41.99349992(etc). rounded up to 42. This is the source of the tongue-in-cheek Hitchhiker's Guide book reference.
On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 6:20 PM Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On this day in history, April 1 1952 The IBM 701 computer successfully
Also a not well known fact is that this project's code name was "Deep Thought".
calculated with highest precision the universe "atomic core number" is 41.99349992(etc). rounded up to 42. This is the source of the tongue-in-cheek Hitchhiker's Guide book reference.
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