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Theodoric
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Message 84 of 165 (689301)
01-29-2013 1:07 PM
Reply to: Message 83 by Arriba
01-29-2013 12:43 PM


Re: Unprovable Postulates
2. Charles Babbage, mathematician, and his differential engine.
Hugely overblown. A Babbage engine would have been at least size of a very large room. Modern computer theory were much more heavily influenced by Alan Turing. Though the Analytical Engine had many of the features of a modern computer it was in actuality a technological dead end. What we know know as computers were designed and developed independently and with very little connection to Babbage and his ideas.
3. Six Sigma Statistical methods
Are you freaking serious? Six Sigma is the TM of quality. The ultimate purpose of Six Sigma is to enrich the consultants. ISO 9001 is a much more effective QM program. I venture to guess computer manufacturers have used parts of each, but in reality Six Sigma is more about the process than actually implementing anything.
But that you think it really has much to do with the computer sitting on your desk is kind of stunning.
ABE
Babbage's Differential Engine did not have any features of a modern computer. It was simply a calculator.
The Analytical Engine had features also found in modern computers.
Know of which you speak if you want to make some sort of profound statement.
Edited by Theodoric, : More on Babbage

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Message 128 of 165 (689923)
02-06-2013 12:05 PM
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02-05-2013 9:04 AM


Re: Unprovable Postulates
I can tell you for a fact that Newton wasn't a scientist. All you need to do is pick up a dictionary (try dictionary.com) and you'll see that the word "scientist" got added to the dictionary in 1834.
And before that the term was "cultivators of science". That has to be the stupidest argument I have heard in a long time.

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Theodoric
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Message 143 of 165 (690618)
02-14-2013 4:04 PM
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02-14-2013 3:05 PM


Re: Unprovable Postulates
Wow, NPR radio — that beacon of truth, justice, and unbiased reports.
Of course it would help if you knew how to read.
As the article says (if you can piece it together with all the technical difficulties) that no one knew what to call all of these different people doing different things and that some people were using natural philosopher whereas others were using cultivators of science.
Do you have a point or do you make a habit of insulting people while reinforcing their argument?

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Message 158 of 165 (717868)
02-02-2014 10:42 AM
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02-02-2014 8:59 AM


Heard of?
Not sure.
Seen?
At least hundreds.
Ever heard of Crazy Horse?
quote:
His mother's nickname for him was "Curly"
Source
There is also one of the scouts from Custers forces that watched the Battle of Little Bighorn from a distance. He was known as Curly.

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"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.

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