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On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Ed Finnell
<000248cce9f3-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> Oh Ned. The 'Energy Dept' Showed up mid sixties to reclaim some motor
> generators on
>>> On 1/25/2016 at 02:49 PM, "Nims,Alva John (Al)" wrote:
> Yes, if I remember correctly (note message about memory core), but she had
> brought in a large coil of wire for that one.
That might have been a millisecond.
Mark Post
Lng piece of wire ...
Charles
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On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:49:05 +, Nims,Alva John (Al) wrote:
>Yes, if I remember correctly (note message about memory core), but she had
>brought in a large coil of wire for that one.
Yep. Very long. 186,000 miles, or about a billion feet.
>
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inch wire would
now represent about a light second.
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>>Yes, if I
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On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:49:05 +, Nims,Alva John (Al) wrote:
>Yes, if I remember correctly (note message abou
Oh Ned. The 'Energy Dept' Showed up mid sixties to reclaim some motor
generators on loan to the Physics Dept. in WWII. They were long since out of
use and stored in the attic. After much work by some hefty guys, they were
finally loaded on the Flatbed. The supervisor said on the way out, the
On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:25:47 -0500, Ed Finnell wrote:
>Oh Ned. The 'Energy Dept' Showed up mid sixties to reclaim some motor
>generators on loan to the Physics Dept. in WWII. They were long since out of
>use and stored in the attic. After much work by some hefty guys, they were
>finally loaded
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Subject: Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper
On 01/24/2016 06:53 PM, Lizette Koehler wrote:
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>
> Yes - ESPN website - Video is for Women in Computing in 1940's and
> specifically the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper.
>
> http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=1220511
On 2016-01-25 12:19, Nims,Alva John (Al) wrote:
> While I was an undergrad at Western KY University in 1978 or 1979 (my memory
> core has worn out!) she came to talk to a group of us computer nerds while
> she was still Capt. Grace Hoper. She still had her "Second", "Micro" &
> "Nano" second
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> While I was an undergrad at Western KY University in 1978 or 1979 (my memory
> core has wo
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On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:49:05 +, Nims,Alva John (Al) wrote:
>Yes, if I remember correctly (note message about memory core), but she had
>b
I saw the demo at the Pentagon in late 70's. I think it was 11.98 cm wire
for nano, coil of wire for micro and a firehose for milli. She had a low
opinion of Pentagon intelligence for technology.
Saw the bug slide show in '76 at Ft. Ben in Indianapolis. Ted was correct
it was a relay.
On 01/24/2016 06:53 PM, Lizette Koehler wrote:
>
>
> Yes – ESPN website – Video is for Women in Computing in 1940’s and
> specifically
> the Queen of Coding – Adm. Grace Hoper.
>
> http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12205119
>
>
>
> 16 ½ minutes. Very
Yes ESPN website Video is for Women in Computing in 1940s and specifically
the Queen of Coding Adm. Grace Hoper.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12205119
16 ½ minutes. Very interesting history of computers.
Lizette Koehler
statistics: A precise and logical method for stating
Nope.
Charles
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At 17:53 -0700 on 01/24/2016
Chicken fried moth between the vacuum tubes.
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charl...@mcn.org writes:
Nope.
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I always thought it was a relay.
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Chicken fried moth between the vacuum tubes.
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At 21:01 -0600 on 01/24/2016, Joel C. Ewing wrote about Re: the Queen
of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper:
I can't remember the exact way she worded it, but the other memorable
bit of wisdom was that she had successfully managed to accomplish so
much, despite government and military proclivity
At 17:53 -0700 on 01/24/2016, Lizette Koehler wrote about the Queen
of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper:
Yes ESPN website Video is for Women in Computing in 1940¹s and
specifically
the Queen of Coding Adm. Grace Hoper.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12205119
16 12 minutes. Very
Lizette Koehler wrote:
Yes ESPN website Video is for Women in Computing in 1940s and specifically
the Queen of Coding Adm. Grace Hoper.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12205119
Very sweet albeit distant gaze backwards through the glass darkly.
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