From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 81cf3269 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2018 03:18:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id E0B8CAACF1; Fri, 28 Dec 2018 13:18:53 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03D60AACE8; Fri, 28 Dec 2018 13:18:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 5B672AACE8; Fri, 28 Dec 2018 13:18:21 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 597 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Fri, 28 Dec 2018 13:18:20 AEST Received: from viclamta22p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta22p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.86]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0FE48AACE7 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2018 13:18:19 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep32p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20181228030820.KVCY13625.viclafep32p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2018 14:08:20 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedtledrtdeggdehhecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvfftteenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvuffkfgggtgesthdttddttdervdenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucffohhmrghinhepshhtrggtkhgvgigthhgrnhhgvgdrtghomhenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheprghnvghurhhinhdrhhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhinhgvthepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpeeouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqpdhrtghpthhtohepoehtuhhhshesthhuhhhsrdhorhhgqeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedt X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (9.0.019.26-1) id 5BB3FAC30F836E08 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Fri, 28 Dec 2018 14:08:20 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id wBS38Jiv059519 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2018 14:08:19 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id wBS38Hxm059516 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2018 14:08:19 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 14:08:17 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: [TUHS] Happy birthday, John von Neumann! X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" We gained John von Neumann on this day in 1903, and if you haven't heard of him then you are barely human... As computer science goes, he's right up there with Alan Turing. There is speculation that he knew of Babbage's work; see https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/10828/the-relation-between-babbage-and-von-neumann . -- Dave