9 Dec
2017
9 Dec
'17
11:02 p.m.
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?
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Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will
suffer."
9 Dec
9 Dec
11:08 p.m.
Hi Dave,
Who'ld've thought that two computer greats
would share the same birthday?
Obligatory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem
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Cheers, Ralph.
https://plus.google.com/+RalphCorderoy
11:33 p.m.
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...
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Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will
suffer."
11:37 p.m.
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
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Cheers, Ralph.
https://plus.google.com/+RalphCorderoy
10 Dec
10 Dec
2:23 a.m.
On Sat, 9 Dec 2017, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
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."
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
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