From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Subject: Re: Happy birthday, Lady Ada!
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 22:24:06 -0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vjd3e6$1od5c$2@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: lyfrmuui4l.fsf@pushface.org
On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:36:26 +0000, Simon Wright wrote:
> dirk@orka.cs.kuleuven.be. (Dirk Craeynest) writes:
>
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>Came across this comic strip <https://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/>
>>>some years ago: a contrafactual imagining of the adventures of
>>>Lovelace and Babbage, getting together to fight crime.
>>>
>>>("Crime" being, in Babbage's case, music, and in Lovelace's case,
>>>poetry.)
>>
>> Some of the CLA regulars might remember that comic strip. It was
>> mentioned on several occasions here: my CLA archive has postings in
>> 2009, 2011, 2014, and 2023.
>>
>> Recommended! (I have the book...)
>
> I have the first edition ... really good.
>
> For interest, https://github.com/simonjwright/analytical-engine
For some reason, Ms Padua decided that “Difference Engine” was a nicer
name for the machine that Babbage built in her version.
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2024-12-10 16:19 Happy birthday, Lady Ada! Dirk Craeynest
2024-12-10 20:59 ` Lawrence D'Oliveiro
2024-12-10 20:59 ` Lawrence D'Oliveiro
2024-12-11 18:18 ` Dirk Craeynest
2024-12-11 19:36 ` Simon Wright
2024-12-11 22:24 ` Lawrence D'Oliveiro [this message]
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