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American Excellence (Rear Admiral Grace M. Hopper)
1906-1992
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Posted on 09/24/2016 5:12:28 PM PDT by ak267
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posted on
09/24/2016 5:12:28 PM PDT
by
ak267
To: ak267
COBOL was a wonderful language for it’s time. I started programming it on punch cards.
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posted on
09/24/2016 5:22:15 PM PDT
by
w1andsodidwe
(TRUMP. He makes me smile, too.)
To: ak267
I remember watching her on 60 minutes. A fascinating women.
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posted on
09/24/2016 5:23:38 PM PDT
by
BBell
(calm down and eat your sandwiches)
To: ak267
My father (career Army, WWII combat veteran) used to have RADM Hopper speak at his business communications classes when he taught university. She was small in physical stature, but huge in presence and intellect.
To: ak267
“Ever see what a nanosecond looks like?”
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posted on
09/24/2016 5:28:00 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(The Hillary indictment will have to come from us.)
To: ak267
I have one of Admiral Hopper's 'nanoseconds' around here somewhere. I always found that a fascinating way of explaining communications delay.
"Ceterum censeo Hillary esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
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posted on
09/24/2016 5:28:21 PM PDT
by
LonePalm
(Commander and Chef)
To: w1andsodidwe
COBOL is actually a very simple language to use.?
Brilliant for its time.
Hopper was an amazing woman!
Grace holding a nanosecond (a length of copper wire)
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posted on
09/24/2016 5:29:08 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
(Trump Is The Bitch Slap This Country Needs)
To: ak267
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posted on
09/24/2016 5:35:47 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
To: ak267
Met her once. We were each giving a talk at Oak Ridge, TN. She encouraged me to urge my daughter to go into computers. Didn't work, though. My daughter decided to major in French, and for a while she worked as a translator.
To: JoeFromSidney
I too had the opportunity to meet and talk with her circa 1974. She was quite remarkable.
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posted on
09/24/2016 5:50:51 PM PDT
by
georgiarat
(Obama, providing incompetence since Day One!)
To: ak267
Wasn’t she responsible for coining the term “computer bug”?
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posted on
09/24/2016 6:26:31 PM PDT
by
Excellence
(Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
To: Excellence
not directly, though her logbooks documented a moth in the UNIVAC wiring
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posted on
09/24/2016 6:31:58 PM PDT
by
ak267
To: ak267
Thank you for that witty one. I wonder if Hillary has said a single truly funny or witty thing this entire election.
It’s time to close the book on this 40-year American nightmare of a woman.
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posted on
09/24/2016 6:52:29 PM PDT
by
poconopundit
(When the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government. Franklin, Const. Conv.)
To: poconopundit
Thank you for that witty one. I wonder if Hillary has said a single truly funny or witty thing this entire election.
Opening that pickle jar was just so funny! Hillary is hilarious! /s
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posted on
09/24/2016 7:04:33 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(Stay ignorant, my friends! (if you watch mainstream media, you will!))
To: Excellence
Yes, Admiral Grace did indeed coin the term “bug” for a computer problem.
While working on one of the early computers, a problem arose. Her crew couldn’t find the source of the problem, so the entire system was taken apart. At last they found a moth shorting out the contacts on a connector. The moth was taped into the log book with the note that the “bug” had been found. Computer problems are called “bugs” to this day.
Admiral Grace is also the source of the great quotation, “Ships are safe in harbor but that’s not what ships are built for.”
And another, “If you think you’re right, go ahead. It’s easier to apologize than it is to get permission.”
(Apologies if I paraphrased anything here.)
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posted on
09/24/2016 8:00:02 PM PDT
by
DNME
(The only solution to a BAD GUY with a gun is a GOOD GUY with a gun.)
To: Bobalu
My former collegue told me that in the early days she would go to Cobol conferences and she and Grace were the only women in the room. That friend just passes away at 89, after retiring at 85.
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posted on
09/24/2016 8:44:56 PM PDT
by
w1andsodidwe
(TRUMP. He makes me smile, too.)
To: ak267
She spoke at my college graduation...it was an excellent address. Everybody enjoyed her, down to earth, humorous, inspiring.
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posted on
09/24/2016 9:01:40 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
To: w1andsodidwe
She certainly didn’t voice any “we women were such victims” tripe in her commencement speech. Just the opposite, which was part of what made her inspiring.
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posted on
09/24/2016 9:04:52 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
To: ak267
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posted on
09/24/2016 9:30:59 PM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: ak267
Got to hear her speak and met her afterwards in 1985. Still have my “nanosecond” stashed somewhere. Amazing, classy woman and Naval flag officer. Rest in peace.
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posted on
09/24/2016 10:53:32 PM PDT
by
Skybird
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