12 May
2021
12 May
'21
5:56 a.m.
On Wed, 12 May 2021, Tomasz Rola wrote:
Well, any technology can be used for malicious purposes; look at how the
N*zis employed IBM tabulators with Watson's full knowledge (they went via
a Swiss intermediary -- look up "Dehomag" to find the book).
Pity it got
destroyed when the joint was bombed...
A pity or not a pity at all... It was a remarkable achievement of
engineering but I am happy it did not get appreciation in the eyes of
contemporary German authorities. In such case it would inevitably be
used to prolong WW2 to detriment of everybody involved. Technology is deeply involved in life and its
contorted ways.
Indeed...
-- Dave