What does this plot describe?
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This is a graphic from a d3.js tutorial (slide #42 http://bost.ocks.org/mike/d3/workshop/#dot-chart). The aside reads "Nerd cred if you recognize this!"
What is it exactly?
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What is it exactly?
Also, it looks like a ballistic trajectory.
The ballistic trajectory computed by ENIAC in it's first demonstration took (i think) about 15 seconds to compute. Perhaps this is a set of snapshots of what position the computer was thinking about, over time?