[COFF] The Z3

[Dave Horsfall]

On Wed, 12 May 2021, Tomasz Rola wrote:

>> 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.

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).

> Technology is deeply involved in life and its contorted ways.

Indeed...

-- Dave