From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall)
Subject: [TUHS] Happy birthday, Grace Hopper!
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 14:53:45 +1100 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1512090950150.27895@aneurin.horsfall.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <71714F0D-2AB9-45D5-8A97-AFCE9E34E323@icloud.com>
On Tue, 8 Dec 2015, Brantley Coile wrote:
> We were indeed lucky that admiral hooper was with us. I know people who
> still cherish their "nano" seconds.
Ah yes, the 1ft piece of wire... Got a photo of it?
> By the way, she wouldn't have said she coined the term "debugging". That
> is at least as old as Thomas Edison. She said she was the first to a
> actually find a real bug!
For those who may be new around here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper#/media/File:H96566k.jpg
Yes, that is a real bug, found inside a real computer.
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."
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2015-12-08 17:34 Dave Horsfall
2015-12-08 19:06 ` John Cowan
2015-12-08 23:09 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
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2015-12-09 3:53 ` Dave Horsfall [this message]
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