[LINK] James Gleick on Information

[Antony Barry]

On 23/05/2011, at 7:29 PM, Tom Worthington wrote:

> “in the non-mathematical field there is scope for the use of the 
> [computing] techniques in such things as filing systems. It is not 
> inconceivable that an automatic encyclopaedic service operated through 
> the national teleprinter or telephone service will one day exist.”
> 
> This is attributed to "Pearcey, T.: Modern Trends in Machine 
> Computation. Aust. J. Science X/4 Supp. (1948) in History of Computing: 
> Learning from the Past: IFIP WG 9.7, 2010


I think Vannavar Bush http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanevar_Bush got there first even if he did see the recording substrate as microfilm.

Tony

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