Where it all began
Today is the anniversary of the misery that I experience day in and day out. The US Naval Historical Center marks September 9, 1945 as the day Lt. Grace Hopper ‘debugged’ the first computer bug:
Moth found trapped between points at Relay # 70, Panel F, of the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator while it was being tested at Harvard University, 9 September 1945. The operators affixed the moth to the computer log, with the entry: “First actual case of bug being found”. They put out the word that they had “debugged” the machine, thus introducing the term “debugging a computer program”.
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We are both geeks! You for posting that. Me for being interested in it!
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- workin on the shuttle on my way home... man these shuttles are handy! :-) 2 hrs ago
- @i_Walt hehe.. hmmm... i'm not sure that logic is good long term - but i've used the same rationale many times! ;) :P in reply to i_Walt 7 hrs ago
- @i_Walt ohh.. i should do that... i'm sitting here eating vending machine pretzels as I work which is not good (though better than m&m's) in reply to i_Walt 7 hrs ago
- Waiting for my shuttle with chai in hand. Almost like I was never gone 12 hrs ago
- @pirateprince hah... i've said that many times - only to have to remind myself the hard way! :) in reply to pirateprince 21 hrs ago
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September 9, 2003