tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post116800736486118863..comments2024-03-27T19:58:17.387-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: 2007 CelebrationsLance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1176066215768454562007-04-08T16:03:00.000-05:002007-04-08T16:03:00.000-05:00If you want some additional details on Mauchly, Ec...If you want some additional details on Mauchly, Eckert, and ENIAC you can read a small paper I wrote. The URL is <BR/><A HREF="http://timarcher.com/?q=node/33" REL="nofollow">http://timarcher.com/?q=node/33</A>Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04322771155732033879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1168215697365756642007-01-07T18:21:00.000-06:002007-01-07T18:21:00.000-06:00Heh. I think it's HSM Coxeter---the HMS Coxeter w...Heh. I think it's HSM Coxeter---the HMS Coxeter was just a boat named in his honour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1168095417663344312007-01-06T08:56:00.000-06:002007-01-06T08:56:00.000-06:00Why celebrate anniversaries such as this? Surely, ...Why celebrate anniversaries such as this? Surely, one can come up with a better way to remember people and their achievements that is based on context.<BR/><BR/>I suppose it really boils down to whether you want to structure the present around the past or the past around the present.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1168019066276923122007-01-05T11:44:00.000-06:002007-01-05T11:44:00.000-06:00There will be a month of celebrating Leonhard Eule...There will be a month of celebrating Leonhard Euler's anniversary in St.Petersburg (where Euler worked and was buried): several conferences, etc. See links on<BR/><A HREF="http://www.pdmi.ras.ru/EIMI/imiplan.html" REL="nofollow">http://www.pdmi.ras.ru/EIMI/imiplan.html</A>edwardahirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18094179693219521111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1168015928327628152007-01-05T10:52:00.000-06:002007-01-05T10:52:00.000-06:00Essential reading for anyone interested in the his...Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of John Mauchly:<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vincent_Atanasoff<BR/><BR/>Starting with the section "Atanasoff meets Mauchly".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com