From: Mike '/m' 


Or... in the true Barktopus tradition...

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/abacus.htm

===
Calculation was a need from the early days when it was necessary to account
to others for individual or group actions, particularly in relation to
maintaining inventories (of flocks of sheep) or reconciling finances. Early
man counted by means of matching one set of objects with another set
(stones and sheep)....
===

 /m


On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 21:47:35 -0400, "Geo"  wrote:

>Can you get porn on your abacus?
>
>Geo.
>
>"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>news:mlcvg1dr16tnrr2hieoetkr98acse179i5{at}4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:49:37 -0400, "Geo"
 wrote:
>>
>> >So now that the Intel cpu's are part of the DRM equation, just
how do you
>> >figure we are going to manage to avoid this nonsense?
>>
>>
>>  /m
>

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