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Licence plates & bank notes I understand but finger prints???
Anyhow I was, partially right in that it was an early computing device.
Anyhow I was, partially right in that it was an early computing device.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/22/16 at 10:09 AM
I knew it wasn't but I thought a chinese typewriter.. one that types top to bottom.
Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 03/22/16 at 02:30 PM
Is it the machine from Kafka's "In The Penal Colony"?
Posted by KDP on 03/22/16 at 04:49 PM
I couldn't even hazard a guess, was surprised by the answer.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/22/16 at 10:43 PM
Popsicle stick maker was all I could see.
Posted by Virtual on 03/23/16 at 12:44 AM
My first thought is a primitive ticker tape machine. Those seem to be keys for entering some kind of characters.
Now to the answer...
Well, considering how many Wall Street types are less than honest, I'd say my first guess isn't too far off.
Now to the answer...
Well, considering how many Wall Street types are less than honest, I'd say my first guess isn't too far off.
Posted by Fritz G on 03/23/16 at 08:48 AM
Player xylophone, like a player piano? Nope. Wrong as usual.
Posted by GFinKS on 03/23/16 at 09:33 AM
Really? Fingerprints? Primitive, pre-Ford license plates I could swallow as being an attempt, or a bluff, though certainly an unsuccessful one. But fingerprints? Come on, NYPD, pull the other one!
Posted by Richard Bos on 03/26/16 at 01:03 PM
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Category: Technology | 1930s