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b3lvedere 1 days ago [-]
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On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
pocksuppet 1 days ago [-]
he just meant did you cheat and put the answers inside the machine before the experiment began
Y_Y 1 days ago [-]
I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a comment.
zephen 1 days ago [-]
I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that might lead one to believe that suspicions of malfeasance are never warranted.
There are far more localised versions of this in research facilities whereby budget, and available hardware is determining the focus of research far more than idea and it being right.
On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_Turk
This is where open source hardware is key