UW alum invested first useful computer

<p>Aiken</a>, The Computer Master - Yahoo! News</p>

<p>Alums were also directly involved in developing the electronics that now power all electrical components. Won several Nobel prizes.</p>

<p>I like the Freudian slip -- "invested" for "invented". I bet you spend a lot of time reading Barrons and those innumerable ibanking threads!</p>

<p>Reading 'em? I try to frighten them away from IB as the source of most evil today. Typing is not my strength. That's why I keep my posts short.</p>