[b3lvedere]

Quote:

On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

[pocksuppet]

he just meant did you cheat and put the answers inside the machine before the experiment began

[Y_Y]

I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a comment.

[zephen]

I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that might lead one to believe that suspicions of malfeasance are never warranted.

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