(OT) MLP: Babbage quote

[Mel Wilson]

In article <3F9B3CD1.6020400-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>,
Byron Sonne <blsonne-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>Saw this as a sig while reading Bugtraq today. Rather amusing to see
>this kind of problem transcending the centuries:
>
>"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray,
>Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right
>answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of
>confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
>					-- Charles Babbage (1791-1871)

   The confusion of a person that would lie to his Mentat
(_Dune_ series, Frank Herbert.)  Who expects it will end
anytime soon?

        Regards.        Mel.
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