11 Dec
2001
11 Dec
'01
12:09 p.m.
On December 11, jpero(a)sympatico.ca wrote:
Look to /.
This is one whom coined the bug and debugging I think. :-)
If you're talking about the terms, that was Rr. Adm. Grace Hopper.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL
11 Dec
11 Dec
7:23 a.m.
From: Dave McGuire
<mcguire(a)neurotica.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:09:36 -0500
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: RIP: Betty Holberton
Reply-to: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
On December 11, jpero(a)sympatico.ca wrote:
No problem, I stand corrected, thanks.
See, I'm rather bad with name and their past, their looks.
Cheers,
Wizard
Look to /.
This is one whom coined the bug and debugging I think. :-)
If you're talking about the terms, that was Rr. Adm. Grace Hopper.
-Dave 
12 Dec
12 Dec
2:27 a.m.
On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Dave McGuire wrote:
On December 11, jpero(a)sympatico.ca wrote:
Speaking of whom, do you know where I could obtain a video tape of the
talks she used to give? I'm especially interested in the one where she
related the anecdote about her needing a wire a nanosecond (pico?) long.
g.
Look to /.
This is one whom coined the bug and debugging I think. :-)
If you're talking about the terms, that was Rr. Adm. Grace Hopper.
5:08 a.m.
On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Gene Buckle wrote:
On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Dave McGuire wrote:
She used to pass them out in her presentations, Gene. They were
approximately 12" long.
- don
On December 11, jpero(a)sympatico.ca wrote:
Speaking of whom, do you know where I could obtain a video tape of the
talks she used to give? I'm especially interested in the one where she
related the anecdote about her needing a wire a nanosecond (pico?) long.
g.
Look to /.
This is one whom coined the bug and debugging I think. :-)
If you're talking about the terms, that was Rr. Adm. Grace Hopper.
5:45 a.m.
12 inch copper wire IIRC for MS
Packet of cracked pepper for NS
packet of salt for FemtopSecond
IIRC....
At 11:08 AM 12/12/01 -0800, you wrote:
On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Gene Buckle wrote:
On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Dave McGuire wrote:
She used to pass them out in her presentations, Gene. They were
approximately 12" long.
- don On December 11, jpero(a)sympatico.ca wrote:
Speaking of whom, do you know where I could obtain a video tape of the
talks she used to give? I'm especially interested in the one where she
related the anecdote about her needing a wire a nanosecond (pico?) long.
g.
Look to /.
This is one whom coined the bug and debugging I think. :-)
If you're talking about the terms, that was Rr. Adm. Grace Hopper.
7 a.m.
On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Dave McGuire wrote:
She used to pass them out in her presentations, Gene. They were
approximately 12" long.
- don On December 11, jpero(a)sympatico.ca wrote:
Speaking of whom, do you know where I could obtain a video tape of the
talks she used to give? I'm especially interested in the one where she
related the anecdote about her needing a wire a nanosecond (pico?) long.
g.
Look to /.
This is one whom coined the bug and debugging I think. :-)
If you're talking about the terms, that was Rr. Adm. Grace Hopper.
3:41 a.m.
On December 11, jpero(a)sympatico.ca wrote:
Not to disparage the Admiral, but I'm fairly sure the term "bug" referring
to problems with a mechanism was in general use well before electronic
computers existed.
Eric
Look to /.
This is one whom coined the bug and debugging I think. :-)
If you're talking about the terms, that was Rr. Adm. Grace Hopper.
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