White Man's Inventions Free Egyptians

[Tank]

Computers, internet, facebook, twitter were what informed and organized Egyptions to freedom.

 

[uscitizen]

People from India are "white"?

 

[Tank]

I'm not talking about calling tech support.

 

[Wingsofwind]

I'm not talking about calling tech support.

 

[editec]

Computers, internet, facebook, twitter were what informed and organized Egyptions to freedom.

True.

And White man's inventions were also the tools used to repress them, to control them and to exploit them.

Let's give a big cheer to us White guys, shall we?

 

[sparky]

DOH!



The Nation: Egypt Uprising Reveals Hypocrisy of US Foreign Policy | Common Dreams

 

[California Girl]

 

[Ravi]

Computers, internet, facebook, twitter were what informed and organized Egyptions to freedom.

True.

And White man's inventions were also the tools used to repress them, to control them and to exploit them.

Let's give a big cheer to us White guys, shall we?

Yep.

Interestingly though, the computer is the result of centuries of mankind building on ancient inventions.

The history of the modern computer begins with two separate technologies—automated calculation and programmability—but no single device can be identified as the earliest computer, partly because of the inconsistent application of that term. Examples of early mechanical calculating devices include the abacus, the slide rule and arguably the astrolabe and the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient astronomical computer built by the Greeks around 80 BC.[4] The Greek mathematician Hero of Alexandria (c. 10–70 AD) built a mechanical theater which performed a play lasting 10 minutes and was operated by a complex system of ropes and drums that might be considered to be a means of deciding which parts of the mechanism performed which actions and when.[5] This is the essence of programmability.
The "castle clock", an astronomical clock invented by Al-Jazari in 1206, is considered to be the earliest programmable analog computer.[6][verification needed] It displayed the zodiac, the solar and lunar orbits, a crescent moon-shaped pointer travelling across a gateway causing automatic doors to open every hour,[7][8] and five robotic musicians who played music when struck by levers operated by a camshaft attached to a water wheel. The length of day and night could be re-programmed to compensate for the changing lengths of day and night throughout the year.[6]
The Renaissance saw a re-invigoration of European mathematics and engineering. Wilhelm Schickard's 1623 device was the first of a number of mechanical calculators constructed by European engineers, but none fit the modern definition of a computer, because they could not be programmed.

 

[sparky]

 

[sparky]

Computers, internet, facebook, twitter were what informed and organized Egyptions to freedom.

True.

And White man's inventions were also the tools used to repress them, to control them and to exploit them.

Let's give a big cheer to us White guys, shall we?

Yep.

Interestingly though, the computer is the result of centuries of mankind building on ancient inventions.

The history of the modern computer begins with two separate technologies—automated calculation and programmability—but no single device can be identified as the earliest computer, partly because of the inconsistent application of that term. Examples of early mechanical calculating devices include the abacus, the slide rule and arguably the astrolabe and the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient astronomical computer built by the Greeks around 80 BC.[4] The Greek mathematician Hero of Alexandria (c. 10–70 AD) built a mechanical theater which performed a play lasting 10 minutes and was operated by a complex system of ropes and drums that might be considered to be a means of deciding which parts of the mechanism performed which actions and when.[5] This is the essence of programmability.
The "castle clock", an astronomical clock invented by Al-Jazari in 1206, is considered to be the earliest programmable analog computer.[6][verification needed] It displayed the zodiac, the solar and lunar orbits, a crescent moon-shaped pointer travelling across a gateway causing automatic doors to open every hour,[7][8] and five robotic musicians who played music when struck by levers operated by a camshaft attached to a water wheel. The length of day and night could be re-programmed to compensate for the changing lengths of day and night throughout the year.[6]
The Renaissance saw a re-invigoration of European mathematics and engineering. Wilhelm Schickard's 1623 device was the first of a number of mechanical calculators constructed by European engineers, but none fit the modern definition of a computer, because they could not be programmed.

bullocks!, it's all been said and done, and under the sphinx's left paw where the Atlantians left it>

 

[Tank]

Look at all the hate for whitey, even after leading the people of Egypt to freedom

 

[xsited1]

 

[Tank]

Computers, internet, facebook, twitter were what informed and organized Egyptions to freedom.

True.

And White man's inventions were also the tools used to repress them, to control them and to exploit them.

Let's give a big cheer to us White guys, shall we?

If Mark Zuckerberg was black, Egypt would not be free today.

 

[taichiliberal]

Computers, internet, facebook, twitter were what informed and organized Egyptions to freedom.

True.

And White man's inventions were also the tools used to repress them, to control them and to exploit them.

Let's give a big cheer to us White guys, shall we?

If Mark Zuckerberg was black, Egypt would not be free today.

So Tank just blathers like a fool whenever a little fact and logic takes the hot air out of his racist rants.

As I said before, bigots and racists are not interested in honest debate....they just want a platform to bullhorn their irrational racist hates.

 

[Sallow]

Computers, internet, facebook, twitter were what informed and organized Egyptions to freedom.

Yep.

Thank for fates for a gay british white guy.

The inventor of the modern computer.

 

[Sallow]

Heh..

 

[Tank]

One day you won't have the white man to kick around anymore.

 

[del]

One day you won't have the white man to kick around anymore.

you'll be missed i'm sure.

 

[rdean]

Computers, internet, facebook, twitter were what informed and organized Egyptions to freedom.

Not only is Alan Turing the father of all modern computer science, he also was the single individual most responsible for breaking the Enigma code during World War II, and he laid the foundation for artificial intelligence by posing the Turing Test in 1950.

Unfortunately, Alan Turing was also terribly persecuted for the "crime" of being a homosexual. He was arrested in 1952 for having sex with another man. It pains me greatly to read about the degrading and inhumane treatment one of our greatest scientific minds was subjected to. Alan Turing ultimately committed suicide not long afterwards at the age of 42.

Coding Horror: Alan Turing, the Father of Computer Science

You must be talking about a "gay white man". We suspect those inventors weren't conservative nor Republican.

 

[IanC]

I thought it was Babbage who invented and built the first computer, ie a calculator that could be programed to perform different functions.

and of course modern computers (as well as just about everything else) were mostly theoretical until a certain race realist manged to invent the transistor. It is shocking how they maligned Shockley for telling the truth.