[inforoots] first use of bits to store programmes?

[Van Snyder]

On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 15:15 -0800, Michael Albaugh wrote:
> Shannon, Atanasoff, Zuse, were "standing on the shoulders"
> of some distinguished giants.

Newton's famous quote "If I have seen further it is by standing on the
shoulders of giants" was actually a sarcastic reference to Robert Hooke,
whom Newton detested, and who was very short.

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