I have a calendar, Einstein for us small people, today features Grace Hopper, also known as "Amazing Grace" (1906 - 1992, even Obama honored her), read more about this amazing lady here.
Amongst other we got the word "bug" from her for whenever our PCs, Smartphones etc throw a fit.
How? A moth went into Mark II and caused a short circuit (she also kinda invented COBOL!).
And here you see: "21 Most Incredible Moth Species"
Ugh,the Chinese one above looks even cute, most give me the creeps, how about you?
And here, to enjoy:
Certainly...
Henry 🦁
Sorry two posts (one yummy) again today, blame Einstein! 😉
14 comments:
Henry's got it right!
He´s smart :-)
...women are the smart ones.
I've never heard of her. Absolutely interesting! And amazing she was. Thank you
Not always, Tom ;-)
Bertiebo, the calendar is often quite interesting!
Never heard of the woman, but I sang "Amazing Grace" many times in church.
Women wouldn't start wars, they are much smarter than some of the world leaders in power.
I didn't know that's why we say our computers get bugs. I love that
moth drawing too. hugs-Erika
Ah, yes. Debugging removing the moths from the computer as they were attracted to the vacuum tubes. I learned to program using IMB cards in COBOL and a bunch of other dead languages, too. I'm such a dinosaur 🦕
gigi, that is wonderful!
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Bill, oh sadly you are (mostly) right!Luckily only mostly...
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Erika, yes, me, neither! Moth says thank you and hugs
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CJ, wiki says "...COBOL, an early high-level programming language still in use today.", dear (not-)dinosaur 🦕
I like moths as long as they stay outside. I can't listen to Amazing Grace when it is sung so slowly like that.
River, LOL to both! :-)
I didn't know moths got into computers. But oh, that's a lovely rendition of Amazing Grace.
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