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* [TUHS] Happy birthday, Grace Hopper and J.F.Ossana!
@ 2017-12-09 23:02 Dave Horsfall
  2017-12-09 23:08 ` Ralph Corderoy
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From: Dave Horsfall @ 2017-12-09 23:02 UTC (permalink / raw)


As promised :-)

Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace (and daughter of Lord Byron), 
was born on this day in 1815; arguably the world's first computer 
programmer and a highly independent woman, she saw the potential in 
Charles Babbage's new-fangled invention.

J.F.Ossanna was given unto us on this day in 1928; a prolific programmer, 
he not only had a hand in developing Unix but also gave us the ROFF 
series.

Who'ld've thought that two computer greats would share the same birthday?

-- 
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)  "Those who don't understand security will suffer."


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* [TUHS] Happy birthday, Grace Hopper and J.F.Ossana!
  2017-12-09 23:02 [TUHS] Happy birthday, Grace Hopper and J.F.Ossana! Dave Horsfall
@ 2017-12-09 23:08 ` Ralph Corderoy
  2017-12-09 23:33   ` Dave Horsfall
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Ralph Corderoy @ 2017-12-09 23:08 UTC (permalink / raw)


Hi Dave,

> Who'ld've thought that two computer greats would share the same birthday?

Obligatory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.
https://plus.google.com/+RalphCorderoy


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* [TUHS] Happy birthday, Grace Hopper and J.F.Ossana!
  2017-12-09 23:08 ` Ralph Corderoy
@ 2017-12-09 23:33   ` Dave Horsfall
  2017-12-09 23:37     ` Ralph Corderoy
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Dave Horsfall @ 2017-12-09 23:33 UTC (permalink / raw)


On Sat, 9 Dec 2017, Ralph Corderoy wrote:

> Obligatory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem

Yeah, but all the same, two famous people in the same industry would 
surely lengthen the odds somewhat...

-- 
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)  "Those who don't understand security will suffer."


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* [TUHS] Happy birthday, Grace Hopper and J.F.Ossana!
  2017-12-09 23:33   ` Dave Horsfall
@ 2017-12-09 23:37     ` Ralph Corderoy
  2017-12-10  2:23       ` Dave Horsfall
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Ralph Corderoy @ 2017-12-09 23:37 UTC (permalink / raw)


> > Obligatory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem
>
> Yeah, but all the same, two famous people in the same industry would
> surely lengthen the odds somewhat...

Yeah, you're pulling my leg.  :-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_scientists

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.
https://plus.google.com/+RalphCorderoy


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* [TUHS] Happy birthday, Grace Hopper and J.F.Ossana!
  2017-12-09 23:37     ` Ralph Corderoy
@ 2017-12-10  2:23       ` Dave Horsfall
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Dave Horsfall @ 2017-12-10  2:23 UTC (permalink / raw)


On Sat, 9 Dec 2017, Ralph Corderoy wrote:

>> Yeah, but all the same, two famous people in the same industry would 
>> surely lengthen the odds somewhat...
>
> Yeah, you're pulling my leg.  :-)
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_scientists

OK, it was worth a try :-)  (I'm a born stirrer, and I blame my parents 
for that.)

-- 
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)  "Those who don't understand security will suffer."


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* Re: [TUHS] Happy birthday, Grace Hopper and J.F.Ossana!
  2018-12-10  1:56 Dave Horsfall
@ 2018-12-10  2:22 ` Nemo
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Nemo @ 2018-12-10  2:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Dave Horsfall; +Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society

On 09/12/2018, Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> wrote (in part):
>
> Who'ld've thought that two computer greats would share the same birthday?

Are there at least 23 computer greats?

>
> -- Dave
>

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* [TUHS] Happy birthday, Grace Hopper and J.F.Ossana!
@ 2018-12-10  1:56 Dave Horsfall
  2018-12-10  2:22 ` Nemo
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Dave Horsfall @ 2018-12-10  1:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society

Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace (and daughter of Lord Byron), 
was born on this day in 1815; arguably the world's first computer 
programmer and a highly independent woman, she saw the potential in 
Charles Babbage's new-fangled invention.

J.F.Ossanna was given unto us on this day in 1928; a prolific programmer, 
he not only had a hand in developing Unix but also gave us the ROFF 
series.

Who'ld've thought that two computer greats would share the same birthday?

-- Dave

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* [TUHS] Happy birthday, Grace Hopper and J.F.Ossana!
  2017-12-11  4:59 Rudi Blom
@ 2017-12-11  5:49 ` Dave Horsfall
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Dave Horsfall @ 2017-12-11  5:49 UTC (permalink / raw)


On Mon, 11 Dec 2017, Rudi Blom wrote:

>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_scientists

> Anyone on TUHS who made the list?

I've seen Ken Thompson post a few times...  Well, somebody using that 
name, anyway :-)

-- 
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)  "Those who don't understand security will suffer."


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* [TUHS] Happy birthday, Grace Hopper and J.F.Ossana!
@ 2017-12-11  4:59 Rudi Blom
  2017-12-11  5:49 ` Dave Horsfall
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Rudi Blom @ 2017-12-11  4:59 UTC (permalink / raw)


Anyone on TUHS who made the list?

Greeting from your Dutch uncle rubl
For all the sound advise you don't want to hear.

Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 13:23:13 +1100 (EST)
From: Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org>
To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs at tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] Happy birthday, Grace Hopper and J.F.Ossana!
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.21.1712101314210.35694 at aneurin.horsfall.org>
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On Sat, 9 Dec 2017, Ralph Corderoy wrote:

>> Yeah, but all the same, two famous people in the same industry would
>> surely lengthen the odds somewhat...
>
> Yeah, you're pulling my leg.  :-)
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_scientists

OK, it was worth a try :-)  (I'm a born stirrer, and I blame my parents
for that.)

--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)  "Those who don't understand security will suffer."


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