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... to [livejournal.com profile] chatworthy (and also to Charles Babbage, whose birthday is celebrated by hackers everywhere). Have a great one!!!

Date: 2008-12-26 07:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chatworthy.livejournal.com
Thank you!

And in memory of Babbage, I upgraded the computer. Memory has come down in cost since I originally got the computer, and now it has 2.5G and is almost silently rendering one of the more complex Lightwave models I've made to date.

Date: 2008-12-26 08:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] andyheninger.livejournal.com

Babbage's difference engine #2. The image doesn't do justice to the scale - it's 8 feet tall and 11 feet long.

Video of the machine in operation is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0anIyVGeWOI. On display (and demoed daily) at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, until April. An amazing machine, well worth a visit.

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