Automaton—Live & Unplugged
/* Study the past if you would define the future */
/* */
/* Your presence is requested, */
/* To shape the next millennium. */
if (holesPunched == 1) {
printf("Bring just one self.\n");
} else if (holesPunched == 2) {
printf("Bring one plus self.\n");
}
/* There's no I in automaton, */
/* So don't be Robotic. */
/* We'll go through the Process, */
/* And make magic with brilliant Automation. */
/* Come when the sun tips the towers, */
/* But not yet the trees, */
/* When the sky hands you flowers, */
/* And whispers a breeze. */
Automaton noun / au·tom·a·ton / ôˈtäməˌtän (as early as 400 BC)
a moving mechanical device made in imitation of a human being
Antikythera mechanism (~100 BC)
oldest known example of an analogue computer, used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses
Automation noun / au·to·ma·tion / ˌôdəˈmāSH(ə)n
the technique of making an apparatus, a process, or a system operate automatically (as in Book of Ingenious Devices, 850 AD)