I would like to see an updated version of this story. So much has changed in the past 30 years. I still have this series on VHS that I recorded back in 1992.
An auto executive once responded to that statement comparing auto technology to computer technology by saying: “Sure, but would you want your car to crash twice a day?”
You need to file a counter against episode one. The series was in part made possible from funding from PBS, in which receives funds from the US federal government to produce such videos, which makes this series in Public Domain
There is nothing in here about the fact that, in 1973, the Eniac patents were invalidated by the Honeywell v. Sperry Rand suit, for being derivative of the prior work of John Atanasoff.
Alan Crook - Not really. Probably the first Conrad Zuse machine or the Atanasoff-Berry machine. It’s a pointless argument, though. I agree with John Atanasoff’s view: “"I have always taken the position that there is enough credit for everyone in the invention and development of the electronic computer" - John Vincent Atanasoff
Define computer. Is it the machine Babbage built, or the successor he designed? Or is it the human calculator which was given the name of computer before electronic or mechanic computers existed.
There is a lot of baloney in this puff piece. The Univac did not make the prediction of the election outcome, the model did. The Univac was just the means of evaluating the model.
We have computers millions of times more powerful today then Univac and yet they utterly failed to predict the 2016 election. A prediction is only as good as the poll data. Garbage in, garbage out.
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Paza-shai 66 - Not quite, although that era certainly made contributions of fundamental importance. But what have Islamic nations done lately? It was not Islam that advanced mathematics, it was a few mathematicians from Islamic countries.
I would like to see an updated version of this story. So much has changed in the past 30 years. I still have this series on VHS that I recorded back in 1992.
Thank you for posting this. It was a part of my childhood.
Me too. Most influential documentary of my life. I'm glad it meant something to you to.
The ending credits make me cry, the robotic hand pulling the plug on itself.
I wasn't sure of this films copywrite date. It's 1992, if you care.
An auto executive once responded to that statement comparing auto technology to computer technology by saying: “Sure, but would you want your car to crash twice a day?”
No, that was for Microsoft Windows
You need to file a counter against episode one. The series was in part made possible from funding from PBS, in which receives funds from the US federal government to produce such videos, which makes this series in Public Domain
Funny thing is the prediction that the computer would check your income taxes came true.
My first exposure to IC's was with an electronic keyer for my Ham Radio. I was 16-years-old at the time.
Wow glad I watched this. Very interesting
Wow after 8 yrs UA-cam showing me this.
There is nothing in here about the fact that, in 1973, the Eniac patents were invalidated by the Honeywell v. Sperry Rand suit, for being derivative of the prior work of John Atanasoff.
GH1618 yes there is ... in the very last line spoken by the narrator
Perform until the-end-of-time
Display "COBOL 4 Ever"
End Perform.
cost of ENIAC in todays money (based on gold price comparison of 2020 and 1944) is $28,356,060.57
The first computer was British.
Alan Crook - Not really. Probably the first Conrad Zuse machine or the Atanasoff-Berry machine. It’s a pointless argument, though. I agree with John Atanasoff’s view:
“"I have always taken the position that there is enough credit for everyone in the invention and development of the electronic computer" - John Vincent Atanasoff
Define computer. Is it the machine Babbage built, or the successor he designed? Or is it the human calculator which was given the name of computer before electronic or mechanic computers existed.
False box checked!
first language was not FORTRAN, it was assembly language.
There is a lot of baloney in this puff piece. The Univac did not make the prediction of the election outcome, the model did. The Univac was just the means of evaluating the model.
Why spoil a very compelling story..
We have computers millions of times more powerful today then Univac and yet they utterly failed to predict the 2016 election. A prediction is only as good as the poll data. Garbage in, garbage out.
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WRONG the computer is owned by billions of people
Probably billions!
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Islam golden age made math
Paza-shai 66 - Not quite, although that era certainly made contributions of fundamental importance. But what have Islamic nations done lately? It was not Islam that advanced mathematics, it was a few mathematicians from Islamic countries.