[TUHS] Happy birthday, Grace Hopper!
Dave Horsfall
dave at horsfall.org
Wed Dec 9 13:53:45 AEST 2015
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.
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Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."
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