On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Walter Bender <[email protected]> wrote: [snip]
> > Diego introduced me to Grace Hopper's formula for creativity that I > had not previously encountered: The probability of creativity is a > function of knowledge, innovation, and experience, modulated by > attitude. (Historical footnote: Hopper is the one who coined the term > "debugging" when her colleagues found a moth stuck in a relay of the > Mark II computer.) In this formulation, attitude is often the weak > link. > [snip] I got two things wrong in one paragraph: (1) It was Ruth Noller's formula for creativity; and (2) Hooper wasn't the one who actually coined the term "debugging". My apologies to both of these giants. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
