http://www.comics.wombania.com/2009/05/internet-obsession/ A Wombie's view of the world, updated Mondays and Thursdays Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:03:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.comics.wombania.com/2009/05/internet-obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-44615 PDM Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:06:14 +0000 http://www.comics.wombania.com/2009/05/internet-obsession/#comment-44615 The internet is sucking our lives away! The internet is sucking our lives away!

]]> http://www.comics.wombania.com/2009/05/internet-obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-44580 Deb Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:47:06 +0000 http://www.comics.wombania.com/2009/05/internet-obsession/#comment-44580 I feel like Fraz does. I feel like Fraz does.

]]> http://www.comics.wombania.com/2009/05/internet-obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-6020 PDM Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:39:10 +0000 http://www.comics.wombania.com/2009/05/internet-obsession/#comment-6020 Some early machine looms that wove intricate patterns used changeable punch cards, which could be considered the forerunners of programmable computers. And there were some early geared calculating machines. But I've never hear of the navigation computer that you mentioned. Quite interesting! Some early machine looms that wove intricate patterns used changeable punch cards, which could be considered the forerunners of programmable computers. And there were some early geared calculating machines. But I’ve never hear of the navigation computer that you mentioned. Quite interesting!

]]> http://www.comics.wombania.com/2009/05/internet-obsession/comment-page-1/#comment-6018 jup-reindeer Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:33:53 +0000 http://www.comics.wombania.com/2009/05/internet-obsession/#comment-6018 Mind blowing to think about, but computers outdate us all. The first one (that I'm aware of) is in a museum on the eastern United States region, somewhere. It's sole purpose was to navigate sailing ships safely through coastal waters. It predated vacuum tubes and used a complicated series of gears, ACTUALLY trying to operate in binary. Though a valiant project for it's creator and a notion extremely far ahead of it's time, the required amount of "ROM" (gears) needed to make it work proved too much for the designer and it remains at only a fraction the size needed to complete it's intended task. We can only guess at how much tonnage the completed version required...and if the ships intended to carry this tool could have stayed afloat. Mind blowing to think about, but computers outdate us all. The first one (that I’m aware of) is in a museum on the eastern United States region, somewhere. It’s sole purpose was to navigate sailing ships safely through coastal waters. It predated vacuum tubes and used a complicated series of gears, ACTUALLY trying to operate in binary. Though a valiant project for it’s creator and a notion extremely far ahead of it’s time, the required amount of “ROM” (gears) needed to make it work proved too much for the designer and it remains at only a fraction the size needed to complete it’s intended task. We can only guess at how much tonnage the completed version required…and if the ships intended to carry this tool could have stayed afloat.

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