Evan, you just need to understand geography a little better: http://www.mappingthenation.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Rumsey-Steinberg-New... - Bill ________________________________________ From: Members [members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org] on behalf of Evan Koblentz [evan@snarc.net] Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 3:26 PM To: Sigcis Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] Oy! Another crazy computer history claim NY's Metropolitan Transit Authority -- the people who runs the subways, trains, and buses -- hired a tour guide for Grand Central Station who's saying that the terminal's circa-1913 electromechanical signaling system is "the first electronic computer". Who was the chief engineer, Shiva Ayyadurai? This story is very unfortunately in Gothamist -- a very popular NYC site. I shudder to think how many people now accept it as fact. http://gothamist.com/2015/10/15/grand_central_computer_video.php#photo-7 _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org