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| − | + | **** Any expressions mentioned in the video that has stuck throughout the times? Cranking out the result | |
| − | + | **** What attributes are given to the computer that are still debated today? intelligent, general purpose | |
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* [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/videos/zuse_ibm_gates_wozniack.flv History of computing]: A quick overview of the history of computers, mentioning Zuse, Ibm, Bill Gates, Steve Wozniack, Steve Jobs. | * [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/videos/zuse_ibm_gates_wozniack.flv History of computing]: A quick overview of the history of computers, mentioning Zuse, Ibm, Bill Gates, Steve Wozniack, Steve Jobs. | ||
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* [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/videos/History_Of_Computers_1939_To_Present.flv History of computers, 1939 to present] | * [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/videos/History_Of_Computers_1939_To_Present.flv History of computers, 1939 to present] | ||
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| + | *** What are the key players, as institutions? Companies and universities | ||
| + | *** "Computers" is a vague term, in fact. What particular computer products seem to mark the evolution of computers companies, processors, games, software companies, operating systems, storage devices | ||
| + | *** What company has seemed to be active manufacturing PCs and is not any longer? Xerox (Xerox Park) | ||
| − | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=ComputerHistory#p/search/0/YwqltwvPnkw Grier's talk: When Computers Were Human] | |
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| − | + | ** first 45 minutes are interesting | |
| − | + | *** What is the reason Grier mentions Haley's comet? | |
| − | : | + | *** Grier says: "is mathematics real? Is computation important"? |
| − | + | *** At some point there is a graph showing humans as part of a graph. Most cost effective (cheap) option for computations. Have you heard of Amazon's "Mechanical Turk"? What is it? How is that related to the video? | |
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| − | + | === General Questions=== | |
| − | + | * Is there a university that is interestingly present in the history of computers? <br />Harvard: Mark I, Gate, Zukerberg. | |
| − | + | * What is missing from the movies? The Internet, The cloud | |
| + | * How can we describe the evolution of the computer? Mechanical, big at first, then reducing in size, storing a lot of data on personal computers, and now exporting all to the cloud | ||
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