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George Dyson on computing history

Robin Capper

Robin Capper

20 Jul 2008
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I'm currently reading George Dyson's "Darwin Among the Machines" so it was interesting to see his short (20 min) presentation on computing history at TED.  The engineers notes, seen in the later part of the presentation, will amuse anyone who has battled with computer hardware - old or new!

http://static.videoegg.com/ted2/flash/loader.swf

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