And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
AKAT-1 is a historic analog computer. Constructed in 1959 by Jacek Karpiński and Janusz Tomaszewski it was the world's first transistorised differential equations analyzer.
No problem! Spend an hour typing in your code, ceremoniously hit the enter button to compile it, then get up and smoke, smoke, smoke, coffee, coffee, coffee. Them old machine weren't as fast as this newfangled crap.
Took a differential equations class once. There was one section where I just could not comprehend anything. Studying for the test the night before, I gave up and said eff it. Smoked some good weed. Everything was crystal clear after that. Got a B on the test.
For several years after I graduated with my degree in Engineering - I had nightmares (really!) where dx/dt and integral symbols were chasing me. Fourier series? bah. LaPlace transforms? Yuk! But I got through just like most others, and never used that stuff again in my career.
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ReplyDeleteAKAT-1 is a historic analog computer.
ReplyDeleteConstructed in 1959 by Jacek Karpiński and Janusz Tomaszewski it was the world's first transistorised differential equations analyzer.
No problem! Spend an hour typing in your code, ceremoniously hit the enter button to compile it, then get up and smoke, smoke, smoke, coffee, coffee, coffee. Them old machine weren't as fast as this newfangled crap.
ReplyDeletemy first though was audio mixer. I was off a little.
ReplyDeleteTook a differential equations class once. There was one section where I just could not comprehend anything. Studying for the test the night before, I gave up and said eff it. Smoked some good weed. Everything was crystal clear after that. Got a B on the test.
ReplyDeleteFor several years after I graduated with my degree in Engineering - I had nightmares (really!) where dx/dt and integral symbols were chasing me. Fourier series? bah. LaPlace transforms? Yuk! But I got through just like most others, and never used that stuff again in my career.
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