Who is John Gault?  Has his machine been invented?  "Atlas Shrugged" (Ayn Rand).?
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Ayn Rand was a philosopher and the question "Who is John Galt" implies that the person does not know the answer to something which is asked and so it has become another way of saying "I don't know" just the way we say "Who Knows" with a shrug of our shoulders.\nJules Verne wrote "A journey to the centre of the Earth" which you will like to read. And I think there seems to be a school of thought that thinks that there is a black hole at the centre of the earth - so perhaps it would not be advisable to try to drill a hole through it - Ha Ha
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Popular computer lore gives this credit to Admiral Grace Hopper, an early computing pioneer:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper\n\nCheck out the picture here:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:H96566k.jpg\n\nIt may or may not be true, but it is usally attributed as the first "bug".
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Willys cynical thought for the freaking day;\n\nFool's love their jobs; but jobs love the freaking fools even more!\n\nhttp://www.selfsoft.com/~willyblues/
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Its been done already!!!! I read a headline about a company (I'm sorry I don't remember which one) that created a robot controlled by brain waves.  WOW!
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Blue Gene, made by IBM. \nit is capable of running at 280 teraflops.  \nthat is like, almost, 100,000 times more powerful than your average car.
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He was a Maoist.\n\nAnd a Nudist is the same thing as a Naturalist. They are synonymes.
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Charles Babbage invented the computing machine..\n\nIts was series is research done to get the current form of computers
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The funny thing about the whole obnoxious Neocon manure spreader is that all of them are in the BORG collective and they think the same. I think the Neocon machine has chip implants in their heads someplace. You know especially when they all chant about how much they love to be spied on, and Gasoline isn't George Bush's fault...... Flying over New Orleans for a week in the air-force one jet, and never noticing a problem. Wanting to sell the ports to Arab OPEC, Holding hands in the flower garden with the Arab prince, wearing Jeff Gannon's favorite flight suit, and saying "I'm the Decider, and Mission Accomplished"........ (M)ann Coulter is another of my favorites with Rush the Lush Limbaugh, Kenny Ley is going to set up the next Presidential candidate from prison...........Bush belongs in Gitmo with his Arab friends till he is done............
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Someone recently sent me a news clip about a man who's developed a blowtorch that runs on water.  He also modified his Ford Escort as a gasoline/water hybrid-- he's patented his technology and has started a company that's been contracted to design a water fueled Hummer for the military.  Totally clean burning and unlimited in supply.  The man should win some kind of Nobel Prize.  \n\nMaybe Google waterpower or something??
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Nobody discovered a computer. It was invented. As far as who acctually invented the computer is still being debated to this day.
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A\nNils Alwall, (1904-1986), Sweden — the dialysis machine \nArchimedes, (c 287 BC-212 BC), Greece \nManfred von Ardenne, (1907-1997), Germany \nWilliam George Armstrong, (1810-1900), England — hydraulic crane \nJoseph Aspdin, (1788–1855), England — Portland cement \nJohn Vincent Atanasoff, (1903-1995), Bulgaria — modern computer \n[edit]\nB\nCharles Babbage, (1791-1871), England — Analytical engine \nLeo Baekeland, (1863-1944), Belgian–American — Velox photographic paper and Bakelite \nRalph Baer, (1922-), German born American — the home video game console \nJohn Logie Baird, (1888-1946), Scotland — a working television \nJohn Bardeen, (1908-1991), USA — co-inventor of the transistor \nTrevor Baylis, (1937-), England — a wind-up radio \nDonát Bánki, (1859-1922), Hungary — inventor of the carburetor \nArnold O. Beckman, (1900-2004), USA — pH meter \nAlexander Graham Bell, (1847-1922), Canada — telephone \nKarl Benz, (1844–1929), Germany — the petrol-powered automobile \nEmile Berliner, (1851-1929), Germany and USA — the disc record gramophone \nTim Berners-Lee, (1955-), England — with Robert Cailliau, the World Wide Web \nBi Sheng, (?-1052), China — primitive movable printing types \nLászlo Bíró, (1899-1985), Hungary — modern ballpoint pen \nOttó Bláthy (1860-1939), Hungary — co-inventor of thetransformer, wattmeter, alternating current (AC) and turbogenerator \nKatherine Blodgett, (1898-1979), England — nonreflective glass \nNils Bohlin, (1920-2002), Sweden — the three-point seat belt \nJános Bolyai (1802-1860), Hungary — discoverer of non-Euclidean geometry \nJoseph-Armand Bombardier, (1907-1964), Canada — snowmobile \nSeth Boyden, (1788-1870), USA — nail-making machine \nWalter Houser Brattain, (1902-1987), USA — co-inventor of the transistor \nLouis Braille, (1809-1852), France — the Braille writing system \nKarl Ferdinand Braun, (1850-1918), Germany — cathode-ray tube oscilloscope \nImre Bródy, (1891-1944), Hungary — co-inventor of krypton-filled fluorescent lamps \nEdwin Beard Budding, (1795-1846), England — lawnmower \nRoger Bacon, (1214-1292), England — magnifying glass \n[edit]\nC\nCài Lún, (50 AD — 121), China — paper \nMarvin Camras, (1916 - 1995), USA — magnetic recording \nChester Carlson, (1906-1968), USA — electrophotography \nWallace Carothers, (1896-1937), USA — Nylon \nAdrian Chernoff, (1971-), USA — Hy-wire, Rubber Bandits \nSamuel Hunter Christie, (1784-1865), England — Wheatstone bridge \nChristopher Cockerell, (1910-1999), England — Hovercraft \nJacques Cousteau, (1910–1997), France — co-inventor of the aqualung \nHolger Crafoord, (1908-1982), Sweden — inventor of the artificial kidney \nJános Csonka, (1852-1939), Hungary — co-inventor of carburetor \nNicolas-Joseph Cugnot, (1725-1804), France — automobile \nJuan de la Cierva, (1895-1936), Spain — the autogyro \nRichard Cinque, (1960-), USA — Sock Clip, Plate Caddy \nWilliam Cullen, (1710-1790), Scotland — first artificial refrigerator \n[edit]\nD\nGustaf Dalén, (1869-1937), Sweden — invented the AGA Lighthouse \nSalvino D'Armate, (?-?), Italy — credited for inventing eyeglasses in 1284 \nJoseph Day, (1855-1946), England — the crankcase compression two stroke engine \nLee DeForest, (1873-1961), USA — triode \nSir James Dewar, (1842-1923), Scotland — Thermos flask \nMiksa Déri (1854-1938), Hungary — co-inventor of transformer \nWilliam Kennedy Laurie Dickson, (1860-1935), Scotland — motion picture camera \nRudolf Diesel, (1858-1913), Germany — Diesel engine \nKarl Drais, (1785-1851), Germany — dandy horse (Draisine) \nCornelius Drebbel, (1572-1633), The Netherlands — first navigable submarine \nRichard Drew, (1899-1980), USA — Scotch (or cellophane) tape \n[edit]\nE\nGeorge Eastman, (1854-1932), USA — film-roll \nThomas Edison, (1847-1931), USA — phonograph, commercially practical light bulb, motion picture projector
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You should try reading "Flesh and Machines" by Rodney Brooks.  He does a nice cursory overview of the history of robotics and the implications on society of their existence.
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There is no specific person.... it is simply a neutral narrator. Keep in mind Orwell wrote this in the form of an allegory, so there isn't a particular character telling us the story at all.
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who invented computer
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L. Ron Hubbard invented it.  I don't really understand what they teach.  I was trying to read about it last week, but I don't get it, here's there link.
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Wow! Amighty's response was awesome. For myself I would invent a wisdom machine. It would be able to teach anybody the ability to think, while considering any and all factors, and help them to make the best decisions, not only for themselves, but for their children, parents, friends, neighbors, to the people who look up to you and who even look down at you. This would help people to give up selfish endeavors and promote the creation of better people, who would work to have a more sensible popultaion, and would spend their time improving themselves and the area around them rather than worrying so much about popular culture! With a few less people, more environmentally sound policies, more freedom and better judgement, the world could be a really great place to live!
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Douglas Adams, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Woody Allen, Lance Armstrong, Darren Aronofsky, Isaac Asimov, Dave Barry, Ingmar Bergman, Lewis Black, Richard Branson, Berkeley Breathed, Warren Buffett, George Carlin, John Carmack, Adam Carolla, John Carpenter, Asia Carrera, Fidel Castro, Dick Cavett, Noam Chomsky, Billy Connolly, Francis Crick, David Cronenberg, David Cross, Alan Cumming, Rodney Dangerfield, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, David Deutsch, Ani DiFranco, Micky Dolenz, Harlan Ellison, Brian Eno, Richard Feynman, Harvey Fierstein, Larry Flynt, Dave Foley, Jodie Foster, Janeane Garofalo, Bill Gates, Bob Geldof, Ricky Gervais, Ira Glass, James Gleick, Seth Green, Robert Heinlein, Nat Hentoff, Katharine Hepburn, Christopher Hitchens, Eddie Izzard, Penn Jillette, Billy Joel, Angelina Jolie, Wendy Kaminer, Diane Keaton, Ken Keeler, Neil Kinnock, Michael Kinsley, Richard Leakey, Bruce Lee, Tom Lehrer, Tom Leykis, James Lipton, H.P. Lovecraft, John Malkovich, Barry Manilow, Todd McFarlane, Sir Ian McKellen, Arthur Miller, Frank Miller, Marvin Minsky, Julianne Moore, Desmond Morris, Randy Newman, Mike Nichols, Jack Nicholson, Gary Numan, Bob Odenkirk, Patton Oswalt, Camille Paglia, Steven Pinker, Paula Poundstone, Terry Pratchett, James Randi, Ron Reagan Jr., Keanu Reeves, Rick Reynolds, Gene Roddenberry, Joe Rogan, Henry Rollins, Andy Rooney, Salman Rushdie, Bob Simon, Steven Soderbergh, Annika Sorenstam, George Soros, Richard Stallman, Bruce Sterling, Howard Stern, J. Michael Straczynski, Julia Sweeney, Matthew Sweet, Teller, Studs Terkel, Tom Tomorrow, Linus Torvalds, Eddie Vedder, Paul Verhoeven, Gore Vidal, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Sarah Vowell, James Watson, Steven Weinberg, Joss Whedon, Ted Williams, Steve Wozniak, Frank Zappa.\n\nPick 5 that you like...\n\n-SD-