The History of Computing Auctioned at Christie's 177
Larry Groebe writes "The most amazing unified collection of books, papers, and similar material on the history of computing is about to go on sale at Christie's auction house. Want a signed copy of 'Rossum's Universal Robots?' Original papers on the Eniac? Alan Turning's original proof of universal computability? Letters from Charles Babbage himself? It's in there, to anyone with (a whole lot of) money. Check out the estimated price on the 1974 journal article by Vinton Cerf describing IP addressing. It's increased in value in the past 30 years...just a bit."
Hey baby (Score:5, Funny)
The sale's not going well (Score:3, Funny)
Do they have... (Score:5, Funny)
Computors (Score:5, Funny)
I will never RTFA again. Who knows what else I'll find out?
I have... (Score:4, Funny)
Also featured on Page 3 of the catalog... (Score:5, Funny)
Just kidding folks...no need to get your panties all in a bunch.
Re:Worth noting (Score:5, Funny)
Re:As the Alan Turns... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Do they have... (Score:5, Funny)
yes [slashdot.org]
What about (Score:5, Funny)
Signed,
Joey
Re:Bill Gates (Score:2, Funny)
And then what? Dig a hole in your back yard and burn everything in it that challenges your vise-like grip on the IT market? Or file it away, with a very Blofeld-ish, "Quaint, quaint."
255 lots? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I have... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Do they have... (Score:3, Funny)
See the section labeled department of redundancy department.
Re:Bill Gates (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Historical Documents Deserve A Prominent Place. (Score:1, Funny)
- So do you!
(sorry bad joke)
No, 255 is correct. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:255 lots? (Score:5, Funny)
If they slap in another lot, it'll roll round to 0. Damn those legacy systems!
Those papers... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Computors (Score:2, Funny)
Indeed. For penance, do 3 Gentoo stage 2 installs, and learn to send mail with Emacs.
Re:Cerf article (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Do they have... (Score:4, Funny)
can I pay... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:As the Alan Turns... (Score:3, Funny)
Will he ever stop spinning, or will his ghost keep halting me forever???