From: DONT.EVEN.TRY.IT@DEADSPAM.COM   
      
   Ned Ludd  once tried to test me. I ate their   
   liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti   
      
   > POD {Ò¿Ó} wrote:   
   >> Luxury....I first ran a programme (see how that should be spelt?)   
   >> back in 1872 on Charles Babbage's computer, which was so unreliable   
   >> that it fell over every other computation (or every other day) if it   
   >> never got oiled! It was a remarkable bit of code..   
   >>   
   >> 10 print "hello"   
   >> 20 goto 10   
   >>   
   >> And if you told the kids today, they wouldn't believe you!   
   >   
   > ... and they shouldn't.  That kind of "remarkable" code wasn't   
   > invented until 1964.   
   >   
   > The first working machine built on Babbage's design was constructed in   
   > 1989.  I don't believe there are any compilers for it.   
   >   
   > But hey, it's a good yarn.   
      
   Answer A> WWWWOOOOSSSHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! Never heard of Python?   
      
   Answer B> Hey would it have been "remarkable" in 1964? The fact that the   
   computer in question only consited of cogs, and didn't even have a VDU!   
   I think it was a blummin' miracle!!   
      
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   Thank you kindly   
      
   POD  {Ò¿Ó}   
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      Oh people, know that you have committed great sins.   
       If you ask me what proof I have for these words,   
       I say it is because I am the punishment of God.   
            If you had not committed great sins,   
     God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.   
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